Artemis II astronauts travel 406777km, set separation record
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The Artemis II astronauts, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Jeremy Hansen, set new records by traveling 406777km from Earth, beating the old Apollo 13 mark.
They also set a wild new record for the greatest distance between two humans: over 419,000km apart at one point!
Christina Koch sets female spaceflight records
Christina Koch reached the highest altitude ever for a female astronaut and logged the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
After about 9 days in space during a lunar flyby, the team splashed down safely near San Diego.
Hansen summed up their feelings from space: seeing Earth from so far away made him feel both fragile and connected to everyone back home.