The previous record — 248,655 miles — was set during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
Orion capsule has broken the distance record set by Apollo 13 for a mission with a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and back to Earth.
The capsule, part of NASA's Artemis mission to take humans back to the moon and ultimately Mars, broke the record Saturday morning.NASA launched the Artemis I mission to the moon early Wednesday morning on the East Coast. The first test flight of the Space Launch System carries the Orion capsule, which will orbit the moon and return to Earth.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
The Orion capsule will continue even further out, being at a maximum distance of about 270,000 miles from Earth sometime on Monday. As of Sunday night, Orion was 266,000 miles away from Earth. "Artemis builds on the experience of Apollo. With Artemis, humans will return to the lunar surface, and this time to stay,"."NASA will lead the way in collaboration with international and commercial partners to establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.", whipping around the back side of the moon and passing within 80 miles.
Orion’s flight path took it over the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 — humanity’s first three lunar touchdowns.
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