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Apollo 13 Set The Record Artemis II Just Broke, But That Wasn’t The Plan
NASA said the Orion capsule reached 252,752 miles from Earth, a new distance record for a crewed mission.
- On Monday, NASA's Orion spacecraft surpassed the 1970 record set by Apollo 13, becoming the farthest crewed space mission at 400,171 kilometers from Earth.
- In 1970, the Apollo 13 mission suffered a technical failure that forced the crew to circle the Moon and use its gravity to propel themselves back toward Earth.
- Aboard the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, are NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, alongside Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen for the 10-day mission.
- Equipped with 32 cameras, the spacecraft will study the Moon's far side, though astronauts will lose communication with Earth for about 40 minutes during the lunar transit.
- The Artemis II mission exited lunar influence on Tuesday, with Hansen noting the crew aims to challenge future generations to ensure this record does not remain long-lived.
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The Artemis II crew made history! They broke the Apollo 13 distance record in space.
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