NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
6 Apr 2026, 19:46 GMT
By Jessica Taveau
Topic: Artemis 2
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-eclipses-record-for-farthest-human-spaceflight/
Editor’s note: This release was updated at 7:28 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, to reflect Orion’s final closest approach to the lunar surface from about 4,070 miles to about 4,067 miles. NASA also updated the farthest distance Orion will travel. Finally, NASA also made changes at 10 p.m. to the statements about crew firsts.