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Artemis IIÂ astronauts made history Monday as they passed the Apollo 13 distance record of 248,655 miles from Earth, which was set in 1970. The Orion spacecraft’s four-person crew are traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and are continuing on to a planned 252,760 miles.
The astronauts are conducting a lunar flyby that is set to make them the first humans to see some parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye. The spacecraft’s closest approach to the moon will be 4,070 miles.
The crew is expected to briefly lose signal during their flyby Monday, which comes five days after the Artemis II mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a test flight setting the stage for future moon missions.
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