Artemis II astronauts set new human record for distance from Earth

The astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission set a new distance record Monday for human travel away from Earth as their spacecraft swung by the far side of the Moon.In their 10-day lunar flyby mission, the four astronauts -- three Americans and one Canadian -- have reached a maximum distance of 406,771 kilometers from Earth, surpassing the roughly 400,000 km logged by Apollo 13 in 1970, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.For the first time since the Apollo era half a century ago, human beings got a direct look at the side of the Moon impossible to view from Earth.…READ FULL ARTICLE