Artemis Two Crew Breaks Moon Distance Record

The Artemis II crew just smashed the record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth,

clocking over 406,000 kilometers during their moon flyby.

That beats Apollo 13's mark of 400,171 kilometers, all happening around 7 p.m. Monday.

This marks the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 back in 1972.

After, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen made history as the first from his country to head lunar.

Christina Koch became the first woman to venture beyond low-earth orbit while pilot Victor Glover is the first person of color to do the same.

These steps opened doors long-closed in space exploration.

As Orion zipped behind the moon, the crew caught their own solar eclipse with the sun vanishing from view.

NASA says they used the moment to study the solar corona up close.

Pushing these boundaries sets the stage for deeper moon trips ahead, proving we're rebuilding that giant leap one record at a time.

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