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Artemis II · Hello, world · April 3, 2026

Earth falling away after the translunar burn, 13,425 km out

Taken April 3, 2026 at 00:17:58 UTC (Apr 2, 8:17 PM EDT), mission time T+01d 01:42:58, with a Nikon D5 at 95 mm. Orion was 13,425 km (8,342 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 3, 2026 at 00:17:58 UTC · Apr 2, 8:17 PM EDT

Mission time

T+01d 01:42:58

Camera

Nikon D5 · 95 mm lens

From Earth

13,425 km · 8,342 mi

Below Orion

3.7°N 24.8°W on Earth

Chapter

Hello, world — The translunar burn. Earth falls away in the window — the first time humans have seen it whole since Apollo 17.

NASA record

ART002-E-23683 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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