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06 Apr 2026, 23:58 GMT+10
NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts made history as they surpassed the Apollo 13 distance record of 248,655 miles from Earth, which was set in 1970
The Artemis II mission has made history, with its crew traveling farther from Earth than any humans before, surpassing a record that stood for more than half a century.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on Monday surpassed the Apollo 13 distance record of 248,655 miles from Earth, which was set in 1970.
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