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In 2026, four astronauts flew all the way around the Moon and back, traveling farther from home than any humans ever had before.
Artemis II is the mission where four astronauts flew around the Moon and back without landing, testing the spacecraft and life-support systems needed before astronauts attempt an actual lunar landing again. Flying around the Moon and returning safely lets NASA check every system that will be needed for future landings, all without the added risk of touching down.
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 mission that did land on the Moon, decades before Artemis II, so it can't be the new 2026 flight. Voyager 1 is an uncrewed probe launched in the 1970s that is now far beyond our solar system, nothing like a crewed lunar flyby.
Flying around the Moon takes astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have ever traveled, since the Moon's far side swings them well past the distance reached even by the Apollo missions' most distant point.
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