Context: Artemis II Mission
Artemis II is a crewed lunar flyby mission that has surpassed the distance record of Apollo 13 (400,171 km), making it the farthest humans have travelled from Earth.
Summary (with lunar missions evolution):
• Since 1958: 77+ Moon missions by multiple countries.
Key milestones:
• Luna 9 → first soft landing
• Apollo 11 → first human landing
• Chang’e 4 → far side landing
• Chandrayaan-3 → south pole landingWhat Artemis II shows:
• Return of humans to deep space (after ~50 years)
• Step towards future Moon landing (Artemis III)
