New record🥇
The Artemis II astronauts are now farther from Earth than humans have ever been! At 1:57 p.m. EDT, they broke the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
Their journey around the far side of the Moon today will take them a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth.
The Artemis II crew sends a message to humans as they prepare to temporarily lose radio contact signal behind the far side of the moon:
“To all of you down there on Earth — and around Earth — We love you, from the moon.”