Artemis II crew splashes down on Earth
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Friday evening will be a live homecoming for the spacecraft Artemis II and its crew of four astronauts. It's what some experts consider the most dangerous part of the mission, as Orion's four crewmembers prepare to return from the furthest distance any human has ever traveled away from planet Earth.
A new milestone for humankind: The crew of Artemis II are now the farthest any human has ever travelled, reaching a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth. This surpasses the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by about 4,102 miles. pic.twitter.com/DbLFvvdEfT
With NASA's lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash, the space agency already has the next Artemis flight in its sights