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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 8,806 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:25:01 UTC (Apr 6, 5:25 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:50:01, with a Nikon D5 at 86 mm. Orion was 411,997 km (256,003 mi) from Earth and 8,806 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:25:01 UTC · Apr 6, 5:25 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:50:01

Camera

Nikon D5 · 86 mm lens

From Earth

411,997 km · 256,003 mi

Above the Moon

8,806 km · 5,472 mi

Below Orion

0.1°N 133.1°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-20641 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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