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NASA's Artemis II Mission Successfully Orbits Moon, Breaks Distance Record

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  • NASA's Artemis II mission has successfully orbited the moon with astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover aboard.
  • The Orion spacecraft broke the Apollo 13 distance record, reaching 406,771 kilometers from Earth - the farthest humans have traveled from our planet.
  • President Donald Trump called to congratulate the astronauts and invited them to the White House upon their return, with the spacecraft expected to land in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.

NASA's Artemis II mission has successfully orbited the moon, according to Swedish media reports. The spacecraft, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, completed the lunar orbit during the night leading into Tuesday. During the mission, the astronauts experienced approximately 40 minutes of communication blackout while behind the moon.

' The Orion spacecraft broke the Apollo 13 record from April 1970 for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by humans, reaching 400,171 kilometers from Earth and later achieving the mission's maximum distance of 406,771 kilometers. S. ' The president has invited the astronauts to the White House upon completion of their mission.

We will always choose Earth, we will always choose each other.

Christina Koch, astronaut

The spacecraft is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.

You are very brave for doing what you do.

Donald Trump, U.S. President

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