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twitterwhatsappcopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe astronauts aboard Artemis II are further from earth than any other human has been [File: NASA]Published On 6 Apr 20266 Apr 2026NASA’s Artemis II mission has broken the record for the furthest human travel from earth.
The four astronauts aboard the spacecraft surpassed the record distance of 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) on Monday at 15:58 GMT. The record was set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.
The mission, which is travelling around the far-side of the moon, is due to reach its maximum distance of roughly 252,760 miles fromearth at 2307 GMT.
