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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 70,135 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 12:21:30 UTC (Apr 2, 8:21 AM EDT), mission time T+00d 13:46:30, with a Nikon D5 at 300 mm. Orion was 76,513 km (47,543 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 12:21:30 UTC · Apr 2, 8:21 AM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 13:46:30

Camera

Nikon D5 · 300 mm lens

From Earth

76,513 km · 47,543 mi

Below Orion

27.6°S 119.9°W on Earth

Chapter

High Earth orbit — A day looping around Earth to check out Orion: life support, navigation, manual flying.

NASA record

ART002-E-23117 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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