FREE RETURN / HOMEWARD / ART002-E-12588

Artemis II · Homeward · April 7, 2026

Looking back at the Moon, 77,875 km behind

Taken April 7, 2026 at 21:32:35 UTC (Apr 7, 5:32 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 22:57:35, with a Nikon Z 9 at 35 mm. Orion was 373,893 km (232,326 mi) from Earth and 77,875 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 21:32:35 UTC · Apr 7, 5:32 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 22:57:35

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 35 mm lens

From Earth

373,893 km · 232,326 mi

Above the Moon

77,875 km · 48,389 mi

Below Orion

27.8°S 90.3°E on Earth

Chapter

Homeward — The free return. Lunar gravity bends the path back toward a growing blue Earth.

NASA record

ART002-E-12588 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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