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Artemis II Achieves Milestones Orbiting MoonSurpassing Apollo 13's distance, Artemis II gathered 50+ GB of data and witnessed a unique 54-minute total solar eclipse in space.
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- The Artemis II crew completed a flyby of the Moon's far side, witnessing a nearly hour-long total solar eclipse from orbit.
- They broke the human spaceflight distance record by traveling beyond 400,000 kilometers from Earth.
- Extensive imagery and scientific data were collected, aiding preparations for upcoming lunar landing missions.
- Two lunar craters were named in honor of the spacecraft Integrity and the mission commander’s late wife, Carroll.
We will continue our journey even further into space before Mother Earth succeeds in pulling us back to everything that we hold dear.— Colonel Hansen said during the Artemis II mission.
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