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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 9,136 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:17:14 UTC (Apr 6, 5:17 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:42:14, with a Nikon D5 at 120 mm. Orion was 411,838 km (255,904 mi) from Earth and 9,136 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:17:14 UTC · Apr 6, 5:17 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:42:14

Camera

Nikon D5 · 120 mm lens

From Earth

411,838 km · 255,904 mi

Above the Moon

9,136 km · 5,677 mi

Below Orion

0.2°N 130.4°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-24823 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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