Artemis II about to smash record for the farthest humans have ventured from Earth | ABC NEWS

The four astronauts on-board the Artemis II mission will soon be within what's known as the lunar sphere of influence where the pull of the Moon's gravity is stronger than the Earth's.
It's then all systems go for the history-making lunar fly-by, getting a close-up look, for the first time, at the dark side of the Moon.

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