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Earth From the Perspective of Artemis II
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art002e000192 (April 3, 2026) - This nighttime picture of Earth was taken on April 2, 2026, by an Artemis II crew member aiming a camera through a window of the Orion spacecraft. The image was captured after Orion completed its translunar injection burn, the critical maneuver that sent the spacecraft on its path toward the Moon and back. The visible hemisphere appears awash in sunlight, but it is actually lit by moonlight — sunlight reflected from the lunar surface. Along the upper left (south)
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth From the Perspective of Artemis II. NASA/JSC, 2026-04-03. Public domain. ID: art002e000192.
