Human AchievementsArtemis II Crew Now the Farthest Humans From EarthNASA's four astronauts have traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13's 55-year-old record during their loop around the Moon.
ScienceArtemis II Sends Astronauts to the Moon for the First Time in 54 YearsFour astronauts launched aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on April 1, beginning a 10-day lunar flyby — humanity's first crewed trip beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17.
