Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record as humans travel farther from Earth than ever before

April 06, 2026

The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon’s south pole in just two years.

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