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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The lunar far side near Hertzsprung, from 9,453 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:10:03 UTC (Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 22:35:03, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 411,681 km (255,807 mi) from Earth and 9,453 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Hertzsprung.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:10:03 UTC · Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 22:35:03

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

411,681 km · 255,807 mi

Above the Moon

9,453 km · 5,874 mi

Below Orion

0.4°N 128.0°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-24768 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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