deep space
noun
: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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Glover will become the first Black man to travel to deep space, Koch the first woman and Hansen the first non-American.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
So Artemis 2 was the first mission to fly four people to deep space, as well as the first to send a bona fide toilet beyond Earth orbit.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Following liftoff on April 1, the 10‑day mission sent four astronauts on a flyby around the moon, testing life‑support, navigation and propulsion systems in deep space without landing, NASA said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
With the Artemis mission, Koch has become the first woman to venture into deep space and journey around the moon; her colleague, Victor Glover, is the first Black man to do the same.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
So Artemis 2 was the first mission to fly four people to deep space, as well as the first to send a bona fide toilet beyond Earth orbit.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Following liftoff on April 1, the 10‑day mission sent four astronauts on a flyby around the moon, testing life‑support, navigation and propulsion systems in deep space without landing, NASA said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
With the Artemis mission, Koch has become the first woman to venture into deep space and journey around the moon; her colleague, Victor Glover, is the first Black man to do the same.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Deep space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20space. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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