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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 52,467 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 18:46:45 UTC (Apr 2, 2:46 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 20:11:45, with a Nikon D5 at 250 mm. Orion was 58,845 km (36,565 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 18:46:45 UTC · Apr 2, 2:46 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 20:11:45

Camera

Nikon D5 · 250 mm lens

From Earth

58,845 km · 36,565 mi

Below Orion

27.9°S 164.8°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-23363 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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