Artemis II Breaks Apollo 13 Distance Record and Completes Lunar Flyby

NASA's Artemis II crew reached 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13's 1970 record by over 4,000 miles. The spacecraft completed a seven-hour lunar flyby at approximately 4,067 miles above the surface. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen became the first humans to observe the Moon's far side with the naked eye and witnessed a solar eclipse from lunar orbit.