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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 9,310 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:13:15 UTC (Apr 6, 5:13 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:38:15, with a Nikon D5 at 160 mm. Orion was 411,761 km (255,856 mi) from Earth and 9,310 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:13:15 UTC · Apr 6, 5:13 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:38:15

Camera

Nikon D5 · 160 mm lens

From Earth

411,761 km · 255,856 mi

Above the Moon

9,310 km · 5,785 mi

Below Orion

0.3°N 129.1°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-24784 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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