US EditionArtemis II Moon Crew Flies Farther than Humans Have Ever Gone Before
The crew lost contact with Earth for about 40 minutes as Orion passed behind the Moon and resumed communications after setting the record.
- On Monday, April 6, 2026, the Orion spacecraft Integrity surpassed Apollo 13's 1970 distance record, reaching a maximum of 406,771 kilometers from Earth while traveling beyond the Moon's far side.
- As the craft traveled behind the Moon, communications dropped for about 40 minutes while the signal was blocked, and Integrity carried its four astronauts to just 6,545 kilometers from the lunar surface.
- Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen said, "We do so in honoring the extraordinary efforts," noting the crew honors predecessors in human space exploration while challenging future generations.
- Mission commander Reid Wiseman captured an iconic Earthrise, sharing a photograph dubbed "Hello, World," the first complete sphere photograph taken by a human since Apollo.
- Integrity is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on April 10, while NASA schedules the next stage, Artemis III, for 2027.
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Artemis II Crew Makes History: First Humans in Over 50 Years Witness the Moon's Far SideBy NASA Correspondent
April 8, 2026In a milestone that reignites humanity's lunar dreams, the four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission have become the first humans to see the Moon's far side with their own eyes since the Apollo era ended more than half a century ago. Launched on April 1 aboard the powerful Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crew-NASA astronauts...
Artemis II sets distance record from Earth
HOUSTON — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts set a record Monday as the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby promising magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed.
'Moving moment' as Artemis II crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before
The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment. Emile Martin, section editor at Ciel & Espace, joined France 24 from Houston to describe the emotion at mission control the moment the crew broke the record.
DN: Never a human was so far. Orion Capsule came where no one had ever been. Public: Antonio José Seguro was inside "perceived the pain of people's aggression".
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