Artemis II breaks distance record, surpasses Apollo 13
Artemis II astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any previous crew, eclipsing Apollo 13’s 248,655-mile mark.
Artemis II astronauts have set a new human spaceflight distance record, traveling farther from Earth than any prior crew. They surpassed the Apollo 13 crew’s 1970 high-water mark of 248,655 miles, which was reached days after the oxygen tank rupture that prompted the famous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” call.