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The Orion's four crew members have surpassed the mark previously set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
By Joey Roulette HOUSTON, Texas April 6 (Reuters) - The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission reached the furthest point that any human has been from Earth on Monday, cruising along a path in
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 crew in April 1970.
The Artemis 2 astronauts might be the first humans to survey certain areas of the moon's far side, and they're chronicling their historic journey in detail.
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During the seven-hour trip around the moon, the Orion's four crew members will surpass the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by humans.
With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA's first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon's south pole in just two years. A prize — and bragging rights — awaits Artemis II.
The distance Orion will travel during the Artemis II moon flyby will let the crew see the entire lunar disk, including features Apollo astronauts didn’t observe.
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts will make a historic moon flyby today (April 6). Here's how it will happen, hour by hour.