It’s time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13’s distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

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HOUSTON (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration . Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972, the three Americans and one Canadian are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth . That will make them our planet’s farthest emissaries as they swing around the moon without stopping on Monday and then hightail it back home. Their roughly six-hour lunar flyby