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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Vavilov, from 8,627 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:29:26 UTC (Apr 6, 5:29 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:54:26, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 412,092 km (256,062 mi) from Earth and 8,627 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Vavilov.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:29:26 UTC · Apr 6, 5:29 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:54:26

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

412,092 km · 256,062 mi

Above the Moon

8,627 km · 5,361 mi

Below Orion

0.0°N 134.8°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-20726 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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