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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 9,069 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:18:46 UTC (Apr 6, 5:18 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:43:46, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 411,869 km (255,923 mi) from Earth and 9,069 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:18:46 UTC · Apr 6, 5:18 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:43:46

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

411,869 km · 255,923 mi

Above the Moon

9,069 km · 5,635 mi

Below Orion

0.2°N 130.9°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-20465 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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