Mission Artemis II: "We have reached the place where man has been farther from Earth"
The four astronauts entered lunar orbit today and will begin to observe the hidden side of the satellite.
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NASA's Orion spacecraft this afternoon set a new record for reaching the maximum distance that anyone has ever captured from Earth, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, when they reached a distance of 400,171 kilometers.
The Artemis II mission has managed to reach this point at 12:57 p.m. in the United States. When it was about to enter the orbit of the moon, the Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who is part of the crew, sent a message to the checkpoint. "We have reached the farthest point from Earth," he said, recalling and thanking the work of those who have participated in previous missions.
The NASA agency has also reported that the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission have today entered the orbit of the Moonand started a "historic period" of observation of the hidden side of the Moon. They will investigate unknown parts of the Moon with 30 high-resolution cameras.
Last Wednesday, April 1, aftertaking offfrom Cape Canaveral, Florida, , they managed to get into lunar orbit on the sixth day. Well, things will end on Friday in the Pacific off the coast of San Diego, California.
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