'Houston, we have a new record.'
. "It just so happened that with that really large orbit, high altitude above the Moon, we were able to pass the Apollo 13 record. But what was more important though, was pushing the boundaries of exploration and sending spacecraft farther than we had ever done before."It's fitting that Artemis I took the distance record away. That Apollo mission's original flight path didn't actually call for a record-setting flight.
Ironically, the quickest route back actually took Apollo 13's Odyssey command module further from Earth than any human-rated spacecraft had gone before. Considering the command module's limited oxygen supply, NASA's ground control team decided to use the Moon's gravity to slingshot Apollo 13 back to Earth.The late NASA engineer Arturo Campos played a pivotal role in bringing the Apollo 13 astronauts — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise — back homes safe.
Now, the Orion spacecraft that beat Apollo 13's record carries a mannequin, or "Moonikin", named after Campos. That test dummy will help NASA analyze conditions aboard the spacecraft ahead of the Artemis II mission set for 2024 that will send humans around the Moon and back. Artemis III, meanwhile, will finally send humans to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
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