Artemis Two: New Record for Humans from Earth

0:00It's April 6th. This is Global News Today, driven by AI tracking the world in real-time. Artemis. Two crew just smashed the record for farthest humans from Earth, topping Apollo 13's mark of 208,000-655 miles from back in 1970. These four astronauts, Commander Reed Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, hit that milestone during their six-hour. One or flyby, getting over 4,100 miles farther out. They're flying a free-return path, that figure-eight loop using Earth and Moon gravity to save fuel and swing them back home without landing. Launch last Wednesday, this is NASA's first crewed Moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972, testing the Orion capsule for future. Trips? The team prepped hard, studying moon maps for epic views of the far side, like the massive Orion tail basin, with its three rings stretching nearly six, 100 miles wide.

1:00Though spot Apollo 12 and 14 landing sites, the South Pole edges for upcoming walks, plus planets like Mars and Saturn rising over the Buh. Horizon. Right now, they're whipping by at just 4,070 miles from the Moon's surface, snapping thousands of pics before the U-turn home. Splashdown in the Pacific hits Friday after four more days. This flyby sets of Artemis III next year for docking practice, then the big South Pole landing in Artemis IV by 2028 reminding us, we're all on as blue oasis together, pushing forward as one.