Christina Koch, a mission specialist for Artemis II, had the opportunity to meet Fred Haise, who piloted the Apollo 13 lunar module, and he mentioned hearing about the potential for their record to be broken.
Jim Lovell received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1995 while his Apollo 13 crewmates Fred Haise and Jack Swigert did not receive the medal.
On 2022-11-25, the Orion European Service Module reached 430,0 m from Earth, exceeding the Apollo 13 record of 400,0 m set in 1970.
Apollo 13 was a 1970 lunar mission in which three astronauts returned their failing spacecraft to Earth using improvised solutions and ingenuity.
Jack Swigert flew on the Apollo 13 mission and was elected to the U.S. House from Colorado in 1982 but died of cancer before taking office.