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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 27,041 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 21:54:13 UTC (Apr 2, 5:54 PM EDT), mission time T+00d 23:19:13, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 33,419 km (20,766 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 21:54:13 UTC · Apr 2, 5:54 PM EDT

Mission time

T+00d 23:19:13

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

33,419 km · 20,766 mi

Below Orion

24.5°S 141.4°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-23596 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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