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Artemis II crew prepares for lunar flyby
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1:53Now PlayingOn Monday afternoon, the Artemis II crew is expected to surpass the distance record set during Apollo 13, traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them.
Later that evening, Orion will reach its maximum distance of 252,760 miles away, 4,105 miles farther than Apollo 13.
NASA has released a timeline of key moments during the fly-by, as the world watches this next chapter of human spaceflight unfold.
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