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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Vavilov, from 8,408 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:34:56 UTC (Apr 6, 5:34 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:59:56, with a Nikon D5 at 280 mm. Orion was 412,202 km (256,130 mi) from Earth and 8,408 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Vavilov.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:34:56 UTC · Apr 6, 5:34 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:59:56

Camera

Nikon D5 · 280 mm lens

From Earth

412,202 km · 256,130 mi

Above the Moon

8,408 km · 5,224 mi

Below Orion

0.2°S 136.9°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-20786 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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