FREE RETURN / HOMEWARD / ART002-E-19568

Artemis II · Homeward · April 7, 2026

Looking back at the Moon, 72,266 km behind

Taken April 7, 2026 at 19:44:31 UTC (Apr 7, 3:44 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 21:09:31, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 377,750 km (234,723 mi) from Earth and 72,266 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 19:44:31 UTC · Apr 7, 3:44 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 21:09:31

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

377,750 km · 234,723 mi

Above the Moon

72,266 km · 44,904 mi

Below Orion

27.8°S 117.2°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-19568 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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