Houston: The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission has become the farthest humans ever to travel from Earth, the agency said Monday. In a significant achievement for human space exploration, the astronauts reached a maximum distance of 252,752 miles (406,700 kilometers) from Earth.

According to Anadolu Agency, this milestone surpasses the previous record set during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970 by approximately 4,102 miles. The Apollo 13 mission, launched in April 1970, held the record for the greatest distance traveled from Earth by a human crew for more than five decades. This new record by the Artemis II crew highlights the advances in space technology and the ongoing efforts to explore deeper into space.