Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
On April 6, 2026, the four-person Artemis II crew rounding the far side of the Moon and the three taikonauts aboard China's Tiangong station were separated by 419,656 km — the greatest distance between humans in spaceflight history. The record, verified by astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, raises questions about emergency coordination between crews with no shared communication protocol, the geopolitical meaning of the milestone under the Wolf Amendment's prohibition on NASA-China cooperation, and whether such achievements reflect scientific progress or strategic posturing by both governments.