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HOUSTON, United States — The four astronauts embarking on NASA’s flyby of the Moon became on Monday the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they began the lunar observation that is core to their mission. The Artemis II team broke the distance record set by the 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which they are expected to surpass by 4,105 miles (6,606 kilometers) when they reach this journey’s anticipated furthest distance from Earth — 252,760 miles (406,778 kilometers) — later today. “For all humanity, you’re pushing beyond that frontier,” said Jenni Gibbons in Houston’s mission control. It was one of […]... Keep on reading: Artemis astronauts breaks space distance record
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