“The dark side of the moon”: The term has a poetic ring. It has long been mined in popular culture, not least by Pink Floyd, the English band whose so-named top-selling semi-psychedelic rock album cemented the term in the 1970s.

With Artemis II’s historic mission to the moon capturing the nation’s attention, some may be wondering why the far side of the moon remains hidden from view – even as it rotates.

Photos from Aretmis II offer a glimpse at what it was like for the astronauts to experience a 54-minute solar eclipse from the dark side of the moon

The astronauts were able to catch a full view of the Mare Orientale, a dark, ringed 600-mile wide crater that straddles the near and the far sides of the moon. Human eyes had never seen the whole basin before. (The Apollo missions were timed so that the landings occurred as the crater was hidden in darkness.)

Chief of space policy at The Planetary Society Casey Dreier discusses NASA's Artemis II crew making history by flying past the dark side of the Moon on ‘Fox Report.’

The record will keep extending until around 7:07 p.m., when they are scheduled to turn around and begin heading back toward Earth.

Commander Reid Wiseman said the crew witnessed sights no human has ever seen before.

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon still resonates with listeners through its exploration of universal themes like mental health, time, and money.

NASA is in the midst of completing one of the most momentous achievements in human history. The astronauts got there and will likely get back, and that’s good, but the larger goal in doing something