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April 8, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson talk with Karlton Johnson, CEO of the National Space Society. They discuss the Artemis mission, moon photos, and the future of space exploration. It is an exciting time for space travel.
The four crew members of NASA’s Artemis spacecraft made history on Monday after they reached the furthest distance from Earth than any people before.
The crew slung around the rarely seen far side of the moon, first breaking the record set by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970 just before 2 p.m., according to NASA’s breakdown of the lunar flyby. The crew reached a maximum of 252,756 miles away from Earth, with them reaching 4,067 miles of the moon’s surface at their closest approach.
Artemis completed its lunar flyby just after 9 p.m. and is now taking the trip home to Earth.
The last time humanity reached its lunar neighbor was the Apollo 17 landing in late 1972.
