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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Korolev, from 7,184 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:12:30 UTC (Apr 6, 6:12 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:37:30, with a Nikon D5 at 185 mm. Orion was 412,797 km (256,500 mi) from Earth and 7,184 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:12:30 UTC · Apr 6, 6:12 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:37:30

Camera

Nikon D5 · 185 mm lens

From Earth

412,797 km · 256,500 mi

Above the Moon

7,184 km · 4,464 mi

Below Orion

1.2°S 153.6°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-19135 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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