By curiousplanet on Skatehive
The Artemis II mission has made history. For the first time in more than half a century, humans have left Earth's orbit low and flown around the moon. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen spent about 10 days aboard the Orion spacecraft, called Integrity. Here are seven of the most incredible moments and facts from this groundbreaking journey Record distance. The crew travelled up to 252,756 miles (approximately 406,771 km) from Earth. This surpassed the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, making it the longest distance any human being has ever walked from our planet. First human sighting of the moon, from a distant side. The astronauts saw with their own eyes the huge Eastern Basin — a massive impact crater of approximately 965 km (600 miles) in diameter along with other formations in transition between the near and far sides of the moon. No Apollo mission allowed humans to see these features directl