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The fastest humans in the galaxy just got a spiffy patch to prove it | “It is actually challenging how you measure [Mach] from space.”


The Artemis II astronauts did not exceed the speed record set by the Apollo 10 crew in 1969, but they did inspire a new version of a related, venerable patch.

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