Artemis Two Breaks Apollo Record, Flies by Moon

0:00Artemis, two crew just smashed Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth, topping 248,000 six, 155 miles during their lunar fly-by. These four astronauts, three Americans in one Canadian, are the first to orbit the moon since the Apollo days, hurtling past their speeds up to 3,139 miles per hour. They're looping the moon on a free-return path, the same fuel-saving slingshot, a Apollo 13 used after that famous oxygen tank blowout killed there. Landing dreams. This no-stop figure 8 ride uses gravity from Earth and the moon to swing them back home for a Pacific splash-down in four days. The team woke to a heartfelt wake-up call from Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell right before pushing even farther, beating the old mark by over 4,100 miles. They even packed along an Apollo 8 patch as a nod to history, firing up the crew for this milestone moment. Now there's zeroed-in on epic views, snapping thousands of shots of the moon's far side,

1:04including the massive oriental basin, old Apollo landing, spots, and the South Pole's own for future boots on the ground. Bonus sites like a solar eclipse, plus Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and our own blue marble. This fly-by sets the stage for Artemis III docking practice next year, and a South Pole landing by 2028, reminding us we're all in this. Cosmic neighborhood together, pushing boundaries one orbit at a time. Vancouver News today, powered by AI, bringing you what matters.