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Artemis II · The long coast · April 5, 2026

The Moon ahead, 102,770 km away

Taken April 5, 2026 at 16:41:07 UTC (Apr 5, 12:41 PM EDT), mission time T+03d 18:06:07, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 352,850 km (219,251 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 5, 2026 at 16:41:07 UTC · Apr 5, 12:41 PM EDT

Mission time

T+03d 18:06:07

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

352,850 km · 219,251 mi

Below Orion

26.8°S 163.9°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-24127 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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