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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 35,412 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 21:05:24 UTC (Apr 2, 5:05 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 22:30:24, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 41,790 km (25,967 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 21:05:24 UTC · Apr 2, 5:05 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 22:30:24

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

41,790 km · 25,967 mi

Below Orion

26.3°S 144.7°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-23570 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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