View of the Moon from aboard "Orion," a frame from NASA video dated April 6.
On April 6, astronauts of the Artemis II mission set a new record, traveling 407 thousand kilometers away from Earth aboard the "Orion" spacecraft, reports DW.
According to a statement from NASA on the social network X, this distance exceeds the previous record set by "Apollo 13" by 4,102 miles (approximately 6,500 kilometers).
On the same day, "Orion" entered the region where lunar gravity began to prevail over Earth's. At that moment, the spacecraft was about 63 thousand kilometers from the Moon and about 232 thousand kilometers from Earth, as indicated by NASA representatives.
The "Orion" spacecraft launched on April 1 from the east coast of the United States. The crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as astronaut Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency. Over ten days, they plan to orbit the Moon and return to Earth.
Among the tasks the crew will perform is testing new spacesuits capable of providing autonomous breathing for six days.
