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Artemis II · The long coast · April 5, 2026

The Moon ahead, 103,335 km away

Taken April 5, 2026 at 16:31:56 UTC (Apr 5, 12:31 PM EDT), mission time T+03d 17:56:56, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 352,459 km (219,008 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 5, 2026 at 16:31:56 UTC · Apr 5, 12:31 PM EDT

Mission time

T+03d 17:56:56

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

352,459 km · 219,008 mi

Below Orion

26.8°S 166.2°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-24042 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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