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NASA's Artemis II astronauts have reached a distance of 406,000 kilometres from Earth, breaking the record held by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

The mission is the first time humans have circled the far side of the moon since 1972.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/artemis-2-moon-mission-nasa-breaks-record-distance-earth-6039471