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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 50,700 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 19:04:35 UTC (Apr 2, 3:04 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 20:29:35, with a Nikon D5 at 290 mm. Orion was 57,078 km (35,467 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 19:04:35 UTC · Apr 2, 3:04 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 20:29:35

Camera

Nikon D5 · 290 mm lens

From Earth

57,078 km · 35,467 mi

Below Orion

27.8°S 161.8°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-23418 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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