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Artemis II · Lunar approach · April 6, 2026

Approaching the Moon near Glushko, 28,362 km up

Taken April 6, 2026 at 15:25:44 UTC (Apr 6, 11:25 AM EDT), mission time T+04d 16:50:44, with a Nikon D5 at 200 mm. Orion was 402,038 km (249,815 mi) from Earth and 28,362 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Glushko.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 15:25:44 UTC · Apr 6, 11:25 AM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 16:50:44

Camera

Nikon D5 · 200 mm lens

From Earth

402,038 km · 249,815 mi

Above the Moon

28,362 km · 17,623 mi

Below Orion

2.7°N 83.4°W on the Moon

Chapter

Lunar approach — The Moon fills the windows. The crew begins seven hours of lunar photography.

NASA record

ART002-E-24299 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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