That meant they were able to clock in a maximum altitude of 406,771 km—just beyond the lunar apogee.

Congratulations, NASA!

April 07, 2026 - 00:13 UTC

1
0
2
The Moon was similarly far away during the Apollo 13 abort which meant, despite their otherwise terrible luck, the crew held the record for furthest humans from the Earth for more than 50 years.
1
0
2
The most humbling part of the diagram is that, other than Apollo and Artemis, the furthest any human has been from Earth is 1,408 km. On the scale of the Earth–Moon distance, that's a barely visible stub—smaller than the Moon’s radius.
1
0
3