screenshot is of https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/06/science/nasa-artemis-ii-moon-lunar-flyby/717b8b89-e5fb-5159-8994-f1288c58cdf1
252,756 miles is 406,771 km, btw
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406771km isn't really a distance that's hard to wrap your head around.
It's just 10x the circumference of the earth, or about half the average odometer reading on a Mercedes Benz 240D.