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00:02Artemis III astronauts set a new distance record as they traveled farther from Earth
00:06than the Apollo 13 mission during a lunar flyby,
00:09marking NASA's first crewed return to the moon since the Apollo era.
00:12According to CNBC, the four astronauts surpassed the previous record
00:15less than an hour before beginning a six-hour flyby focused on lunar observations.
00:20The mission uses a free return trajectory that loops around the moon,
00:23conserves fuel, and returns to Earth without landing.
00:26The crew observed lunar features, proposed names for new craters,
00:29and prepared for a return trip ending with a Pacific splashdown.
00:32The mission is part of NASA's plan to support future lunar landings near the moon's south pole.
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