They'll burn their engines and get on what's called a translunar injection trajectory to go 4,000 miles on the other side of the moon. And that's what's going to make this flight rather unique. These four astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will be the humans that have traveled furthest from the Earth. Senator, can we switch gears? I hate to take you away from Cape Canaveral, but to look at the situation in Iran just while we have you here. (06:18–06:28)
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Asserts that the four astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission will travel the furthest from Earth.
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