Record · 1970
Farthest Humans from Earth
The crew of Apollo 13 travelled farther from Earth than any humans before or since, swinging around the far side of the Moon on a free-return trajectory after their spacecraft was crippled.
Highlights
- ›The crew of Apollo 13
Missions, people & worlds
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Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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