Fifty-six years after Apollo 13’s emergency lunar trajectory set an unrivaled milestone for human space exploration, NASA’s Artemis II mission has rewritten the history books: the four-person crew has officially surpassed the record for the farthest distance any human beings have ever traveled from Earth. The groundbreaking milestone was confirmed by NASA, clocking in at approximately 1:56 p.m. Eastern Time (1756 GMT) on Monday, April 6, 2026.