NASA confirmed that the Artemis II crew set a new human distance record after traveling 406,778 kilometers from Earth during their lunar flyby.Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen surpassed the 1970 Apollo 13 milestone while conducting observations of the lunar far side.The
Orion spacecraft experienced a temporary communication blackout behind the Moon before continuing its 2.3 million kilometer journey toward a Pacific splashdown.