The crew of 4 on the Orion spacecraft is flying further than any human has ever achieved.
The crew began the planned loss of contact phase at 18:43 on April 6, (ET time), 5 days after the Artemis II mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a test flight, paving the way for future Moon missions.
The Artemis II crew reached the longest distance from Earth of about 406,800km at 19:02 (ET time).
According to NASA, this is the longest distance humans have ever reached, exceeding about 6,615km compared to the level of Apollo 13 in 1970.
Astronauts carried out a flight across the Moon, helping them become the first to directly observe with the naked eye some areas in the dark side of the Moon.
During this time, the closest distance of the Orion spacecraft to the Moon is about 6,546km.
Thus, 5 days, 25 minutes and 34 seconds after launch, the Orion spacecraft is at an altitude of 6,546km above the surface of the Moon, the closest approach in the entire journey, according to NASA.
Two important milestones of Orion's journey to explore the Moon: Approaching closest to the surface of the Moon and reaching the maximum distance from Earth takes about 20 minutes.
After that, the Orion spacecraft flew out of the dark side of the Moon and resumed contact with the control center at 7:25 pm.
