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NEW - Farthest Humans from Earth in History. By About 6,000 Kilometres
Artemis 2 mission update arrives from an astronomer who did not sleep well the night of the launch. The spacecraft launched April 1st, troubleshot a toilet light on April Fools Day as its first legitimate problem in orbit, and then pilot Victor Glover manually flew the most sensitive spacecraft he has ever touched while the people on the ground held their breath.
What is it like to be approximately 406,000 kilometres from Earth, further than any human since Apollo 13 was forced to come home? That gap is roughly 6,000 kilometres, or about 100 trips between Vancouver and Toronto. The crew will…
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