Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the moon‘HERCULEAN EFFORT’: The astronauts could set a record after their planned loop around the moon by venturing farther from Earth than any human beforeAFP, HOUSTONThe Artemis II astronauts yesterday passed the halfway point between Earth and the moon as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft. “We can see the moon out of the docking hatch right now, it is a beautiful sight,” Koch said. Photo: Reid Wiseman, EPA / NASANASA’s online dashboard showed that the Orion spacecraft carrying the astronauts was more than 229,000km from Earth. They are due to loop around the moon early next week — a feat not accomplished in more than 50 years. If all proceeds smoothly, as Orion whips around the moon, the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before.

Source: Taipei Times April 04, 2026 16:23 UTC