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Artemis II · The long coast · April 5, 2026

The Moon ahead, 133,974 km away

Taken April 5, 2026 at 06:39:24 UTC (Apr 5, 2:39 AM EDT), mission time T+03d 08:04:24, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 325,213 km (202,078 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 5, 2026 at 06:39:24 UTC · Apr 5, 2:39 AM EDT

Mission time

T+03d 08:04:24

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

325,213 km · 202,078 mi

Below Orion

26.6°S 46.6°W on Earth

Chapter

The long coast — Three days coasting outbound. Earth shrinks to a crescent; the Moon grows ahead.

NASA record

ART002-E-24010 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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