The Orion ship transporting the Artemis II crew in their moon flyby surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record, set in 1970.

The Orion spacecraft is on a looping path that will carry the crew around the far side of the Moon and back again.

The NASA-led Artemis II mission, carrying a four-person crew beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, is conducting a seven-hour flyby of the moon.

It’s official. Artemis II has broken Apollo 13’s distance record. The three Americans and one Canadian on Monday journeyed farther from Earth than any other humans. The previous title was held

The Artemis II crew broke the record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, breaking a record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Jeremy Hansen responded to congratulations from NASA's Mission Control Center that he hoped the record "is not long-lived,

NASA's Artemis II crew set a new distance record after flying past the moon. The astronauts have traveled nearly 250,000 miles away from Earth.

The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972,

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts will travel 252,000 miles from Earth—surpassing Apollo 13’s 1970 record. The mission gathers critical data for future lunar explorations, paving the way for Artemis III and IV.