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Going the distance

 Going the distance

Moon seen from Artemis II

NASA

Here’s something to one-up your friend whose pics are always geotagged in exotic locales: On April 6 2026, the crew of the Artemis II set the record for the farthest humans have ever travelled from Earth (watch the live video here).

  • At 1:57pm ET, the four astronauts flew 252,752 miles from Earth, surpassing the previous record set by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 by ~4,102 miles.
  • “We most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived,” Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said from the ship.

The crew then proceeded to complete a flyby of the moon—including a planned 40 minutes without communication with Earth as they passed the moon’s far side—reaching their maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles just after 7pm ET. The crew, who are slated to splash down back on Earth on Friday, did take photos as they travelled, but mostly for science and not for the ’gram.

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