Four astronauts become Earth’s farthest travelled and exceed a 1970 record on the fifth day of the missionSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxArtemis II astronauts broke Apollo 13’s distance record at 1.57pm eastern time on Monday, hugging each other in the cramped capsule as they made history for being the first four humans to travel the farthest from Earth than anyone before them.Before hitting the record, the quartet dimmed the lights in their capsule and positioned themselves by the windows in preparation to set the long-distance record as they fly by the moon without stopping – with plans to ultimately swing around for planet Earth. “It is blowing my mind what…
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