Houston, April 6, 2026 (AFP) - New frontier: Artemis astronauts break space distance record

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2026-04-06

The four astronauts embarking on NASA's lunar flyby became on Monday the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they begin documenting areas of the Moon never before seen by the naked eye. The Artemis II team broke the record set by the 1970's Apollo 13 mission, which they are expected to surpass by 4,105 miles (6,606 kilometers) when they reach this journey's anticipated furthest distance from Earth -- 252,760 miles (406,778 kilometers) -......

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