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On April 6, 2026, the Artemis 2 crew broke down in tears aboard Orion while proposing to name an unnamed lunar crater after their commander's late wife, who died of cancer in 2020. The crew also broke the 56-year-old human distance record set by Apollo 13, travelling 4,06,773 kilometres from Earth.

Halfway through the flyby, around 6:44 p.m. ET, the moon itself will cut off all communications between the capsule and Earth as it passes between the two. Contact is expected to be restored around 7:25 p.m., Technology & Science, Times Now

Humanity has reached a new frontier as Artemis 2 breaks the record for the furthest distance travelled. The crew is now further from Earth than any human ever.

More than three lakh kilometres from Earth and days before their lunar flyby, astronauts aboard Artemis II found themselves dealing with a clogged toilet vent and frozen urine inside the Orion capsule. Here's how the problem was fixed.

The Artemis-II crew has reached the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence. This mission is set to break the record for farthest human spaceflight, reaching a distance of 4,06,773 kilometres from Earth.

The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon and preparing for a historic lunar fly-around, even as a recurring toilet malfunction insi.

Artemis II astronauts capture stunning images of Earth as they journey towards the moon on their historic mission.

The Artemis II crew is now on its way to the Moon, as Orion successfully completes a key manoeuvre to leave Earth orbit and begin its lunar journey.

For much of the late 20th century, the Moon was treated as a closed chapter. After Apollo, samples brought back to Earth seemed to settle the argument.

While the notion that we might be approaching Earth's maximum, or its breaking point, has previously been associated with environmentalism, there is n.