A frame from the "Orion": view of the Moon, NASA video from April 6.
On April 6, Monday, astronauts participating in the Artemis II mission set a new record when their spacecraft "Orion" traveled a record distance of 407,000 kilometers from Earth, as reported by DW.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on its X microblog account that this figure exceeds the previous record set during the "Apollo 13" mission in 1970 by 4,102 miles, which is approximately 6,500 kilometers.
On the same day, "Orion" entered the region where the Moon's gravity began to dominate over Earth's. At that moment, the distance to the Moon was about 63,000 kilometers, while the distance to Earth was approximately 232,000 kilometers, NASA clarified.
The "Orion" spacecraft launched on April 1 from the east coast of the United States. On board are NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. The crew is set to orbit the Moon for 10 days and then return to Earth.
Additionally, mission participants tested new spacesuits that can provide autonomous breathing for up to six days.
