Grand Rapids native Christina Koch completes Artemis II mission, setting new distance record

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Grand Rapids native Christina Koch returned Friday after the Artemis II mission, which set a human spaceflight distance record. The nearly 10-day mission traveled 252,756 miles from Earth. The crew completed tests for future lunar missions and supported scientific investigations. The astronauts captured over 7,000 images of the Moon and a solar eclipse during their lunar flyby. Koch previously set a record for longest single spaceflight by a woman.


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