Artemis II astronauts set historic space distance record — farthest humans from Earth

Daily Maverick | 07.04.2026 05:05
The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, awoke around ​2.50pm South African time on Monday, 6 April, for their sixth flight day to a recorded message from late Apollo 8 and ​13 astronaut Jim Lovell.