Artemis Two Astronauts Break Apollo Record

0:00Artemis II, astronauts just smashed Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have ever gone from Earth. They're over 400,000 kilometers out, beating the old mark by 6,601 kilometers during their lunar flyby. This crew of four, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hanson, is the first to eyeball the Moon's far side up close in the Orion spacecraft. The mission hit this milestone on their 6th flight day after launching from Florida last week. They're looping around the Moon for 7 hours, snapping pics of both sides and calling out what they see. And Ace of Teams back in Houston are glued to their descriptions of the Pockmark surface. The crew got emotional, asking to name craters after Wiseman's late wife and their own ship. They even woke up to a take message from the late Jim level of Apollo 8 and 13, welcoming them to his old stopping grounds and urging them. To soak in the view, this flyby is the peak of their nearly 10 day test flight in NASA's Artemis program.

1:02The big goal is landing humans back on the Moon by 2028, beating China to it and setting up a base for Mars trips down the line. As they swing behind the Moon, expect a quick comms blackout before they loop back with Earth rising over the horizon like a tiny basketball. This record cements Artemis as the next big leap in space. This has been Adelaide News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.