India, April 7 -- Artemis II astronauts made history Monday as they passed the Apollo 13 distance record of 248,655 miles from Earth, which was set in 1970. The Orion spacecraft's four-person crew is now traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and is continuing on to a planned 252,756 miles, NASA confirmed.

The astronauts are conducting a lunar flyby that is set to make them the first humans to see some parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye. The spacecraft's closest approach to the moon will be 4,067 miles.

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The crew began its planned loss of signal during their flyby at 6:43 p.m. ET Monday, which comes five days after the Artemis II mission lifted ...