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  • By: Jason Gaidola
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A view of the near side of the Moon, the side we always see from Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on April 4, 2026 (photo courtesy of NASA).
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NASA is establishing a new frontier when it comes to deep space travel and lunar exploration.

Astronauts aboard Artemis II are already setting a new record for the farthest human travel from earth and tonight they’re set to fly around the moon.

The crew – consisting of canadian jeremy hansen and three other astronauts – broke Apollo 13’s record, set back in 1970.

The historic moment was captured Monday, as the Orion spacecraft surpassed a distance of 248,655 miles from Earth.

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