ASTRONAUTS SET DISTANCE RECORD, REVEALING THE MOON AS A PLACE TO BE EXPLORED

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The Orion spacecraft has performed well since its launch last week. The crew looped behind the Moon on Monday. They reached their closest point to the lunar surface at a distance of 4,067 miles at 7 PM EDT. The Artemis II mission reached its most distant point from Earth at a range of 252,756 miles, a new record for the farthest anyone has traveled into space.