Artemis Two: Farthest Human Journey

0:00Tomorrow, the Artemis 2 crew 3 Americans and 1 Canadian will push past the human distance record from Earth, set by Apollo 13 back in. 1970. They're swinging around the moon on a free return path, shaped by gravity alone. No big engine burns needed, making them our farthest travelers ever at. Over 248,655 miles out. 32-day Australian time, they'll enter the moon's gravity zone, closes approach just over 4,000 miles from the surface. That lets them see the whole circular moon, Earth like a basketball, over the shadowed far side, and even the Sun's corona during a total solar eclipse. Invisible from home. They'll lose contact with mission control for almost an hour behind the moon. Spacepans worldwide are hooked since Thursday's launch, glued to crystal clear earth shots from Orion. The crews trained with lunar flashcards for geology, snapping pro camera picks in shifts,

1:00plus iPhone candidates, calling down what they spot to bring the moon closer for us all. This beats Apollo 13's aborted landing orbit, but unmanned probes like Voyager 1, now over 24 billion kilometers away, and interstellar, space go way farther. Six rovers have hit Mars too, with curiosity and perseverance still rolling. Out of the flyby, four days back to a Pacific splashdown near San Diego on April 10th, paving the way for NASA's lunar base and deeper space jumps. Ahead, local news, powered by AI. This is Sydney News today.