{"id":376389,"date":"2026-04-05T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376389\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:19:11","slug":"artemis-ii-astronauts-to-break-distance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376389\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Astronauts To Break Distance Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Artemis II Astronauts To Break Distance Record | Aviation Week Network<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/irene-klotz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Irene Klotz<\/a><br \/>\n                                <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><br \/>\n                    April 05, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/artemis2.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis II\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Orion snapped a high-resolution selfie with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings on the second day of the Artemis II mission.<\/p>\n<p>  HOUSTON\u2014The four Artemis II astronauts remained on course April 4 to break the distance record for a crewed flight as they prepared their Orion spacecraft for science observations during a flyby of the Moon. As they awoke to begin their fourth day in space, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/klotzirenesized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/irene-klotz\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Irene Klotz<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/carreau-mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America&#8217;s space program through news reporting.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/products?f[0]=type%3A926\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schedule a demo<\/a> today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already an AWIN subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Did you know?\u00a0 Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artemis II Astronauts To Break Distance Record | Aviation Week Network https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Irene Klotz&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[85,46,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-376389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}