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Artemis II · The long coast · April 5, 2026

The Moon ahead, 142,106 km away

Taken April 5, 2026 at 04:02:42 UTC (Apr 5, 12:02 AM EDT), mission time T+03d 05:27:42, with a Nikon Z 9 at 400 mm. Orion was 317,284 km (197,151 mi) from Earth.

Taken

April 5, 2026 at 04:02:42 UTC · Apr 5, 12:02 AM EDT

Mission time

T+03d 05:27:42

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

317,284 km · 197,151 mi

Below Orion

26.5°S 7.7°W on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-9053 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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