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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 70,102 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 12:30:16 UTC (Apr 2, 8:30 AM EDT), mission time T+00d 13:55:16, with a Nikon D5 at 210 mm. Orion was 76,480 km (47,522 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 12:30:16 UTC · Apr 2, 8:30 AM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 13:55:16

Camera

Nikon D5 · 210 mm lens

From Earth

76,480 km · 47,522 mi

Below Orion

27.6°S 121.7°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-23286 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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