NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft launched at 6:35pm EDT from Launch Complex 39B. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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04/10/2026 | Econ70

The Friday File: This past Monday, the four Artemis II mission astronauts in the Orion spacecraft traveled further from Earth than ever. The previous record was accidentally set by Apollo 13 (during the emergency that prevented their lunar landing) at 248,655 miles. Orion went out 252,756 miles from Earth. This wide loop around the moon was done to test Orion and still have it “slingshot” back to Earth. Congrats!

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