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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Vavilov, from 7,825 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:50:57 UTC (Apr 6, 5:50 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:15:57, with a Nikon D5 at 260 mm. Orion was 412,483 km (256,305 mi) from Earth and 7,825 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Vavilov.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:50:57 UTC · Apr 6, 5:50 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:15:57

Camera

Nikon D5 · 260 mm lens

From Earth

412,483 km · 256,305 mi

Above the Moon

7,825 km · 4,862 mi

Below Orion

0.6°S 143.5°W on the Moon

Chapter

The far side — Ground no human eye had seen directly in 53 years: Orientale, Hertzsprung, Vavilov.

NASA record

ART002-E-10450 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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