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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Vavilov, from 7,614 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:57:26 UTC (Apr 6, 5:57 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:22:26, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 412,586 km (256,369 mi) from Earth and 7,614 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Vavilov.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:57:26 UTC · Apr 6, 5:57 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:22:26

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

412,586 km · 256,369 mi

Above the Moon

7,614 km · 4,731 mi

Below Orion

0.8°S 146.4°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-10502 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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