**Astronomy Picture of the Day**

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2026-04-12T04:18:54Z

Astronomy Picture of the Day

12 April 2026

Artemis II: Flight Day 6

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2604/art002e009567_1024.jpg

Image Credit: NASA, Artemis II

Explanation:

On flight day 6 (April 6) the Artemis II mission achieved a historic lunar flyby.

Rounding the lunar far side, the deep space maneuver marked humanity's first venture to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

The Orion spacecraft Integrity reached a maximum distance of nearly 407,000 kilometers, and the Artemis II crew, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by any human since the Apollo 13 crew in 1970.

From behind the Moon on flight day 6, a solar array wing camera recorded this space age selfie, framing the spacecraft and lunar far side.

Planet Earth, home to the Artemis II crew, is the small, bright crescent beyond the lunar limb.

The crew safely returned home on Artemis II mission flight day 10.

#APOD #ArtemisII #FlightDay6 #LunarFlyby #DeepSpace #MoonMission

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260411.html

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