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Empty Records

Posted on 2026-04-07 by tmurphy
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Capture at 3:45 in New York Times animation.

Yesterday, news blasts announced the triumph that four humans have now traveled farther from Earth than ever, passing the previous record set by the crew of Apollo 13 on April 15, 1970.

Perhaps a little bit of context is in order.

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