NASA’s Artemis II team has officially set the record of being the farthest humans from Earth. This came on Monday afternoon at around 2 pm, with the team surpassing the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, at 248,655 miles from Earth.
We're going farther than ever before 🚀
— NASA (@NASA) April 6, 2026
Today, the Artemis II crew will break the record for how far humans have traveled from Earth as they fly around the far side of the Moon.
Coverage begins at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC). Watch Artemis II make history:… pic.twitter.com/hCOVQPkxUF
