Farthest man from Earth?
Which of the Apollo moon missions went the farthest away from the Earth? Is
there a recognized record holder? Perhaps the Moon was a few miles farther
out during one mission, or perhaps one mission orbited the Moon at a much
higher altitude, etc?
When the six missions landed, did any of the poor fellows left in moon orbit
end up adjusting said orbit to a much higher altitude?
Can we say with any accuracy that person X went the farthest away from the
Earth or that the three man team of X, Y, Z jointly holds the record for
being farthest away?
As happy as NASA is about their record books, I have never seen mention of
which astronaut(s) hold(s) this particular record...
John Gilbert
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