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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 9,621 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:06:17 UTC (Apr 6, 5:06 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:31:17, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 411,600 km (255,756 mi) from Earth and 9,621 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:06:17 UTC · Apr 6, 5:06 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:31:17

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

411,600 km · 255,756 mi

Above the Moon

9,621 km · 5,978 mi

Below Orion

0.4°N 126.8°W on the Moon

Chapter

The far side — Ground no human eye had seen directly in 53 years: Orientale, Hertzsprung, Vavilov.

NASA record

ART002-E-24732 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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