Artemis: Nasa's Orion capsule breaks distance record

US space agency's Orion capsule has reached a key milestone on its demonstration mission around the Moon. The ship is uncrewed on this occasion, but if it completes the current flight without incident, astronauts will be on board in two years' time. Orion is due to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego in California on 11 December. The Orion spacecraft has travelled to a distance of about 400,171km (248,655 miles) from Earth - the most for a human-rated spacecraft. The previous record for the most distant point reached by a human was set by the Apollo-13 mission in 1970.

The first crewed Artemis mission is presently scheduled for late 2024. An Orion flight that would also see astronauts go down to the lunar surface could occur as early as 2025 or 2026.

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