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Artemis II Succeeds in First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 53 Years, Breaking Apollo 13's Farthest-Distance Record
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Artemis II was a test flight that flew around the Moon and returned without landing. Why bother circling the Moon before landing? It is to verify, before the real attempt, the elements on which human lives depend — life support systems, communications, and heat resistance during atmospheric reentry. Apollo 13 was a historic mission in which an accident put the crew's return in jeopardy. The fact that its "farthest distance" record was calmly surpassed also symbolizes half a century of technological progress. It teaches the scientific approach that any challenge must proceed through stages of verification.
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The Orion spacecraft of NASA's crewed lunar mission Artemis II reached the far side of the Moon, and all four astronauts returned safely to Earth. This was the first time in 53 years, since the Apollo program, that humans flew near the Moon in a crewed mission. During this flight, the record for "the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth," set by Apollo 13 in 1970, was also broken. It marks an important step toward the next mission, Artemis III, which aims for a crewed lunar landing.
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