NASA’s Artemis astronauts are now entering “the lunar sphere of influence,” reports NBC News, “meaning the pull of the moon’s gravity will become stronger than Earth’s.” Now as they begin their swing around the moon, the Artemis astronauts “are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth,” reports the Associated Press, hoping to beat its distance from Earth by more than 4,100 miles (6,600 kilometers).
They’ll begin their six-hour lunar flyby 14 hours from now (at 2:45 p.m. ET…

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