Artemis Two: New Lunar Flyby Record

0:00Artemis II is hitting a major milestone today with its lunar flyby, pushing farther from Earth than any humans ever before. Astronaut Jeremy Hansen from Canada and his three American crewmates aboard the Orion spacecraft will top the Apollo 13 record from 19. 70, reaching over 406,000 kilometers out. That's about 9,000 kilometers beyond the old mark. For more than 5 hours, the team will take turns snapping photos and analyzing the moon's surface in real time. Flying craters, ancient lava, flows, and textures they trained for in places like Labrador and Iceland, scientists back home were guiding them to describe shapes, colors, and features for future moon missions. This flyby gives them clear views of the moon's far side, including the fully lit oriental basin, a massive 3.8 billion-year-old crater. Apollo crews couldn't see well. Unlike those 24 moonwalkers, these explorers get primed lighting on spots too dark back in. They're tracing the same efficient figure-a-path, Apollo 13 used after their oxygen-tang

1:04blue, relying on Earth and moon gravity to swing. Back with minimal fuel, no orbit or landing here. On Tuesday, Orion exits the moon's pool, heading home. Expect a Pacific splash down near San Diego on April 10th, wrapping this 9-day test run from Florida and paving the way for deeper space adventures. That wraps Vancouver news today, brought to you with AI.