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“The four astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are the first humans since 1972 to leave Earth's orbit.”
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The claim incorrectly asserts Artemis II astronauts are first since 1972 to leave Earth's orbit. Evidence shows Artemis II is a lunar flyby mission (not a permanent departure), while Apollo missions (1968-1972) already achieved lunar orbit. Wikipedia explicitly states Artemis IV will be the first lunar landing since Apollo 17 (1972).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a U.S. spaceflight to send four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NASA astron…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are now on a looping path that will carry them around the far side of the Moon and back again.”
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Wikipedia: Artemis II explicitly states the mission involves 'a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth', confirming the crew follows a trajectory around the Moon's far side.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a U.S. spaceflight to send four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NASA astron…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“Their 10-day journey will ferry them up to 252,799 miles (406,840km) from Earth, exceeding the previous record set by Apollo 13 – 248,655 miles – in 1970.”
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No evidence in provided sources confirms Artemis II's distance (252,799 miles) or comparison to Apollo 13's 1970 record (248,655 miles). Wikipedia entries only describe mission objectives without quantitative data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a U.S. spaceflight to send four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NASA astron…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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