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Yesterday evening — April 6th, at 7:02 PM Eastern — four human beings flew FARTHER from Earth than any humans in history.
252,756 MILES.
And the record they broke? Set by Apollo 13. April 1970. During an EMERGENCY ABORT — when the oxygen tank exploded and three men were fighting to survive.
That record stood for FIFTY-SIX YEARS.
NASA confirmed the Artemis II crew shattered it on the far side of the Moon — completely out of radio contact with Earth for 25 minutes.
No signal. No backup. Just four humans in the dark, a quarter-million miles from home.
CBS News reported every moment live. We are HERE for this.
Here's why this hits so hard, fellas.
Apollo 17 was December 1972. That was the LAST time humans flew to the Moon.
FIFTY-THREE YEARS.
Most of us grew up watching shuttle launches on classroom TVs. We learned about Apollo like it was ancient history.
And for five decades, no one went back.
Yesterday, FOUR people did — and they went farther than anyone ever had.
This isn't just a space story. This is a CIVILIZATION story.
The Artemis II mission is a TEST flight — stress-testing the Orion capsule before Artemis III actually lands on the surface.
The REHEARSAL broke a 56-year record.
That's the healthy lifestyle of a species that refuses to stay on the couch.
Bring these to your crew today.
ONE: The Apollo 13 record was set during a DISASTER — an unplanned abort. Does it land differently knowing this new one was set on PURPOSE?
TWO: Jeremy Hansen is Canadian Space Agency — the first Canadian to fly to the Moon. Are we sleeping on how international spaceflight has become?
THREE: The crew was out of contact for 25 minutes behind the far side. No signal, no backup. What's it like to be THAT cut off from humanity?
FOUR: NASA's end goal is a Moon BASE, then Mars. When does this stop being space news and become the most important technology story of our lives?
FIVE: Apollo 13 set that record accidentally in 1970 and it stood until 2026. What other 50-year-old records are out there waiting to fall?
These are the informative conversations and real talk we live for here in the Lab.
Full picture, fellas.
The crew: Commander Reid Wiseman. Pilot Victor Glover. Mission Specialist Christina Koch. Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.
They launched April 1st aboard the Orion spacecraft — which they named INTEGRITY.
Monday afternoon, six days in, they crossed the Apollo 13 mark of 248,655 miles. The 56-year record was gone.
Then they kept going.
By 7:02 PM they were 252,756 miles from Earth — over 4,100 miles beyond anything Apollo 13 ever reached, per NASA.
At that exact moment, they were on the FAR SIDE of the Moon. The Moon itself was blocking every signal. Mission Control in Houston went quiet.
Victor Glover said he said a quick prayer during the blackout — and that it was "quite nice not to communicate."
Jeremy Hansen's statement, published by NASA: "We do so in honoring the extraordinary efforts and feats of our predecessors. We challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived."
And Jim Lovell — Apollo 13 commander, the man who SET the original record — sent the crew a message: "Welcome to my old neighborhood. Pass that torch. Good luck and Godspeed."
History talking to history. Splashdown: Friday, April 10th, off San Diego.
Here's what we want you to carry into your Tuesday.
Apollo 13's record was a SCAR. A marker left behind by a crippled ship trying to bring its crew home alive.
It wasn't supposed to be a record. It was a consequence of catastrophe.
And it stood for 56 years — longer than most of us have been alive.
But four people in a spacecraft called Integrity just stretched the edge of human presence even farther.
Whatever boundary you're pushing right now — in your business, your fitness, your life — remember: someone always breaks the record EVENTUALLY.
The question is whether you're the one pushing, or the one watching.
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Where were you when you first understood how big space actually is?
Was there a shuttle launch you watched as a kid? A Carl Sagan moment that stopped you cold?
Drop it in the comments. Four humans made history last night while most of the world kept scrolling — not this community.
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Fifty-six years, fellas.
A record born from disaster. Three men rationing power, doing math by hand, trying to get home.
That record stood longer than most of us have been alive.
And yesterday — Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy — flew farther. On purpose. Together. Eyes wide open.
They named the ship INTEGRITY.
And for 25 minutes, on the far side of the Moon, no one on Earth COULD watch.
They were alone in the dark, 252,756 miles from home.
And they kept flying.
Bring that energy to your day.
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