A resolution commemorating April 6, 2026, as the day the Artemis II crew surpassed the record for the farthest distance traveled by astronauts into deep space and celebrating the success of the Artemis II mission.

Artemis II surpassed Apollo 13's deep-space distance record. The resolution commemorates April 6, 2026 as the milestone when the Orion spacecraft Integrity reached 252,760 miles from Earth, beating Apollo 13's 248,655 miles. It honors crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen and highlights historic firsts: the first woman, the first African American, and the first non‑United States astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit. The text celebrates the mission's launch from Kennedy Space Center, its safe splashdown off San Diego on April 10, and the role of NASA, the Canadian and European space agencies, more than 2,700 companies, and Johnson Space Center teams in the mission's success.