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Artemis II · High Earth orbit · April 2, 2026

Earth from high orbit, 8,486 km up

Taken April 2, 2026 at 23:14:22 UTC (Apr 2, 7:14 PM EDT), mission time T+01d 00:39:22, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 14,864 km (9,236 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 2, 2026 at 23:14:22 UTC · Apr 2, 7:14 PM EDT

Mission time

T+01d 00:39:22

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

14,864 km · 9,236 mi

Below Orion

11.5°S 157.3°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-23627 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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