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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 36,747 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 20:56:41 UTC (Apr 2, 4:56 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 22:21:41, with a Nikon D5 at 230 mm. Orion was 43,125 km (26,797 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 20:56:41 UTC · Apr 2, 4:56 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 22:21:41

Camera

Nikon D5 · 230 mm lens

From Earth

43,125 km · 26,797 mi

Below Orion

26.5°S 145.6°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-23522 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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