The Orion spacecraft, part of NASA's Artemis I moon mission, has set a new distance record.

    The test flight saw the capsule travel 270,000 miles beyond Earth. This is the farthest human-carrying plane ever created.

    This time there is no crew on board. But if everything goes according to plan, we can take care of an Artemis Moon mission with astronauts in two years.

    The main purpose of this Artemis program NASA is to take people to the surface of the moon again after 50 years.

    Launched on November 16 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this rocket is engaged in a 26-day mission around the moon. After that, it will return to Earth and land in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California on December 11.

    The previous record for the farthest point reached by a manned spacecraft was set by the Apollo-13 mission in April 1970.

    It exited 248,655 miles from Earth due to an explosion in the capsule's service module. Arturo Campos is a NASA engineer who played a crucial role in bringing Apollo 13 safely to the ground. So, in his honor, a manikin (dummy) has been placed in this capsule and it has been named Commander Moonikin Campos.

    The first crewed Artemis mission is planned to be launched in late 2024. Also, by 2025, and 2026, we will be able to see astronauts walking on the surface.