Artemis II just set a new distance-from-Earth record

Artemis II's four astronauts have officially gone where no one has gone before, setting on Monday a new distance-from-Earth record for human spaceflight. Why it matters: Artemis II broke Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record, set over 55 years ago on that ill-fated ship's emergency flight home. Upon crossing that mark, Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman named a lunar crater "Carroll," after his