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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 44,007 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 20:03:46 UTC (Apr 2, 4:03 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 21:28:46, with a Nikon D5 at 120 mm. Orion was 50,385 km (31,308 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 20:03:46 UTC · Apr 2, 4:03 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 21:28:46

Camera

Nikon D5 · 120 mm lens

From Earth

50,385 km · 31,308 mi

Below Orion

27.3°S 152.4°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-23477 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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