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Artemis II · Hello, world · April 3, 2026

Earth falling away after the translunar burn, 19,522 km out

Taken April 3, 2026 at 00:37:21 UTC (Apr 2, 8:37 PM EDT), mission time T+01d 02:02:21, with a Nikon D5 at 24 mm. Orion was 19,522 km (12,130 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 3, 2026 at 00:37:21 UTC · Apr 2, 8:37 PM EDT

Mission time

T+01d 02:02:21

Camera

Nikon D5 · 24 mm lens

From Earth

19,522 km · 12,130 mi

Below Orion

4.9°S 13.6°W on Earth

Chapter

Hello, world — The translunar burn. Earth falls away in the window — the first time humans have seen it whole since Apollo 17.

NASA record

ART002-E-25529 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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