FREE RETURN / HOMEWARD / ART002-E-27863

Artemis II · Homeward · April 9, 2026

Looking back at the Moon, 171,817 km behind

Taken April 9, 2026 at 03:37:51 UTC (Apr 8, 11:37 PM EDT), mission time T+07d 05:02:51, with a Nikon Z 9 at 400 mm. Orion was 290,545 km (180,536 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 9, 2026 at 03:37:51 UTC · Apr 8, 11:37 PM EDT

Mission time

T+07d 05:02:51

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

290,545 km · 180,536 mi

Below Orion

29.6°S 1.5°E on Earth

Chapter

Homeward — The free return. Lunar gravity bends the path back toward a growing blue Earth.

NASA record

ART002-E-27863 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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