Artemis II sets a record（Through-the-window spaceflight photography）

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2026-04-06

Artemis II sets a record

Four astronauts fly around the Moon, breaking Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have traveled.

Art style · Through-the-window spaceflight photography

World population

8.3Bpeople

Primary energy power

2×10¹³W

London → New York message

0.03 seconds

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Kardashev index

0.731

Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1

World populationEstimate

8.3Bpeople

Comparable to today

Total human primary energy power

2×10¹³W

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Compute per dollar

8.1×10¹⁰floating-point operations per second per dollar (FLOP/s per $, nominal dollars)

Comparable to today

Fastest delivery time for a message from London to New York

0.03 seconds

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Fastest speed reached by humans

39,897km/h

Comparable to today

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