Artemis II Astronauts Break Apollo 13 Record In Historic Deep Space Milestone

More than half a century after the Apollo era pushed the limits of human spaceflight, NASA astronauts have officially gone even farther. The crew of Artemis II has now surpassed the long-standing distance record set during Apollo 13, becoming the farthest-traveling humans ever as they swing around the Moon and into deep space. The milestone comes as the four-person crew aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft executed the most critical phase of their mission: a high-speed lunar flyby that carried them beyond roughly 252,000 miles from Earth. That distance eclipses the record set by Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970, who reached a similar trajectory while aborting their original Moon landing mission. This time, however, the journey is intentional. Commanded by Reid Wiseman, alongside pilot Victor Glover