They are now further than any human has ever been
The Artemis II crew has broken the record for the furthest distance humans have ever been.
Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts have set a new record for the furthest distance humans have travelled from Earth
The record was previously set by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 – the crew travelled 248,655 miles from Earth. Artemis II will beat this record by about 4,102 miles, reaching a maximum distance of 252,757 miles, the BBC reports.
On breaking the Apollo 13 record, one of the Artemis astronauts said: “We surpass the furthest distance humans have ever travelled from planet earth. We do so in honouring the extraordinary efforts and feats of our predecessors in human space exploration.
“We will continue our journey even further into space before Mother Earth succeeds in pulling us back to everything we hold dear.”
He challenges this generation and the next “to make sure this record is not long-lived”.
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