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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Korolev, from 6,919 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:24:11 UTC (Apr 6, 6:24 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:49:11, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 412,934 km (256,585 mi) from Earth and 6,919 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:24:11 UTC · Apr 6, 6:24 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:49:11

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

412,934 km · 256,585 mi

Above the Moon

6,919 km · 4,299 mi

Below Orion

1.6°S 159.7°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-19159 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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