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Artemis II · The long coast · April 4, 2026

Earth from 228,355 km, on the way to the Moon

Taken April 4, 2026 at 04:33:19 UTC (Apr 4, 12:33 AM EDT), mission time T+02d 05:58:19, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 228,355 km (141,893 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 4, 2026 at 04:33:19 UTC · Apr 4, 12:33 AM EDT

Mission time

T+02d 05:58:19

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

228,355 km · 141,893 mi

Below Orion

25.7°S 19.4°W on Earth

Chapter

The long coast — Three days coasting outbound. Earth shrinks to a crescent; the Moon grows ahead.

NASA record

ART002-E-4448 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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