Doesn’t count until there are people on board.

Exactly. Otherwise I believe the record for "farthest human made object" is held by one of the Voyagers.

With all things considered I’m sure we can all say this doesn’t count but still very fun to be back in the game. But 13 was a different beast and without its “success” our work in the vastness is of space would be very different.

“Farthest human made object with chairs in it”

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article.

Edit: Downvote all you want. This is a record for furthest human-rated spacecraft. That's literally the first line in the link. Everyone talking about "HURR BUT Voyager is way further" is completely missing the point. Human-rated doesn't require a human on board. You don't have to like it, but it's true.

Edit 2: Go argue with Nasa if you don't like it. The record stands:
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1595145300628635648

Where is that space Tesla hanging out these days?

Ah true.

Ok then, farthest human-made object with chairs and a roof.

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Spaceman is Here

It's about to pass 200,000,000 miles away from earth.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/270lsd/til_the_apollo_13_astronauts_probably_hold_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

So, 8 years ago, Reddit knew this. But one of the guys working the mission didn't know til like 2021ish? Why would this man not know this, but rest of the world does? I feel bad for Gerry. Going 50+ years not knowing the mission he became a hero in broke the record.

> The uncrewed Orion flew past the record-setting distance achieved by the Apollo 13 command module "Odyssey" at 248,655 miles from Earth (216,075 nautical miles or 400,171 kilometers) at about 8:40 a.m. EST (1340 GMT) on Saturday (Nov. 26).

> The Apollo 13 spacecraft had previously set the record on April 14, 1970, at 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT on April 15).

Wait. So did Orion fly 248k miles? Or did Odyssey? And in either case, how far did the other one go?

Agreed. It'll be more momentous to break the record with humans aboard but it's still a great accomplishment to prove that a spacecraft designed for human flight can and has gone that far.

No need to put down the accomplishment, especially since it's clearly qualified in the article.

Apollo 13/ Odyssey went 248,655 miles. Artemis I/ Orion has been projected to go a maximum of 270,000 miles. This article is abit jumbled.

They’re talking about the record cost/science ratio.

Nope. The Apollo 10 Lunar Module ascent stage would still beat Artemis since it was put in solar orbit. As said by ESA, Artemis 1 is the farthest human rated spacecraft designed to bring back its crew to the Earth. So chair, roof and thermal protection system.

Human-rated and designed to bring back the crew to Earth. The farthest human-rated spacecraft period was the Apollo 10 ascent stage put in solar orbit.

It isn't human-rated yet. This test has to be passed first.

This capsule lacks most of the life support system, btw.

Edit: It's surprising how many sub members appear to think you can human-rate a spacecraft without flying it! Remember the challenges Boeing is still having with getting Starliner human-rated?

Lol okay I'll go let Nasa know. Thanks for your input:

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1595145300628635648

LIVE NOW: On Sat, Nov. 26, /NASA_Orion will break the record for farthest distance of a human-rated spacecraft, previously held by Apollo 13. Join our /TwitterSpaces to reflect on /NASAHistory and look to the future of #Artemis. Use #AskNASA or raise your hand to ask questions.

Am I being mentioned?

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Ah the old one way trip. So many of my kerbals ended up like this.

That rather suggests that there is the record for the farthest rated human spacecraft that just let it's crew died when the mission was completed.

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Soviets probably. Or Chinese.

Wait what sub am I in?

Exactly, happy to get something close to the moon. Couldn't care less about the exact distance or other meaningless records unrelated to new requirements.

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It's unmanned, so the record to beat would be that of Voyager. They can't beat Apollo 13 record until there is people on board.

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It’s either Voyager or the manhole cover from operation plumbob. The low end estimate for its speed is 66 km/sec(41miles/sec). If it survived exiting the atmosphere, which it probably didn’t, it would have a pretty good lead on Voyager.

Humans will never leave this solar system. We are trapped here.

Our lifespans are the issue on generational ships. Oh well!

Pretty sure the Lunar Modules didn’t have chairs oddly enough.

I don’t even think that is beatable without light speed travel to catch up to it

While it will definitely be more notable when actual astronauts are on board, the record to beat is still Apollo 13. The article makes it clear - we're talking about the furthest distance traveled by a spacecraft designed to carry astronauts. Voyager cannot carry astronauts. Comparing Orion to Voyager is apples to oranges.

No mission currently launched or planned will ever overtake Voyager 1.

You could say for a man rated spacecraft, in which case good luck beating Snoopy.

No you just have to go 1 m/s faster and wait 40 years

New Horizons space probe will never catch up to either Voyage.

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It's NASA, and Artemis. This sub hates both for some reason

What is NASA doing? They haven't exploded nearly enough prototypes.