# Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's finally happening!)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432 "2022-08-27T12:25:52Z")\
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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> So if the first statement is true, and the Moon is not pretty close to the apogee on the 6th of april they will not be the furthest away from earth ever.

Apparently, the apogee will be on April 6th ([calculator](https://dqydj.com/lunar-distance-calculator/)). So something like 405000 km, plus the swing from the free-return trajectory which (Mistral tells me) will take them 7600 km beyond the Moon.

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