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Is the moon the closest object in space to earth?   The moon is the closest natural object to earth that is in space. But there are some other considerations. There are lots of bits of space debris (pieces of rock) thatâ¦ fall on earth all the time, and some swing by and don't actually fall out of orbit but are just deflected.
Also, Shepard achieved a less-celebrated record on that day: briefest human spaceflight mission, of only 15-minutes' duration. In April 1970, NASA's ill-fated Apollo 13 capsule swung around the far side of the moon at an altitude of 158 miles (254 km), putting the astronauts 248,655 miles (400,171 km) away from Earth. It's the farthest our species has ever been from our home planet.