How far will the Artemis II crew travel into space?

(NEXSTAR) – The four astronauts who make up NASA’s Artemis II crew are the first to embark on a mission to the moon in over half a century. But once they complete their flyby, they’ll also earn the rare distinction of having traveled farther into deep space than anyone on Earth.

The Orion spacecraft, currently carrying the astronauts on their mission, is expected to travel thousands of statute miles (as opposed to nautical miles) farther than any human-crewed spaceflight. NASA has previously said that the exact distance could depend on factors surrounding the rocket’s launch, but revealed this week that the Orion and the four astronauts within — NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Jeremy Hanson of the Canadian Space Agency — are expected to travel 252,799 statute miles from Earth.

The crew is expected to reach this record distance on the sixth day of the Artemis II mission, according to NASA.

“They will devote the majority of their day to taking photos and videos of the Moon, and........

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