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Artemis II · Lunar approach · April 6, 2026

Approaching the Moon near Hertzsprung, 10,147 km up

Taken April 6, 2026 at 20:54:58 UTC (Apr 6, 4:54 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:19:58, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 411,343 km (255,597 mi) from Earth and 10,147 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 20:54:58 UTC · Apr 6, 4:54 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:19:58

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

411,343 km · 255,597 mi

Above the Moon

10,147 km · 6,305 mi

Below Orion

0.7°N 123.4°W on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-24693 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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