M51 is located 31 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici
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Orion POV: Destination and Home, Artemis II Panorama M51 is located 31 millionThe Moon, the Earth, and the spacecraft between them. All in one frame. April 6, 2026, 6: 42 p. m. ET. Everything is in this photograph. Orion, lit by the Sun on the right. The Moon behind it, waxing crescent. And Earth, tiny in comparison, a small bright arc about to set below the lunar horizon. Three objects, three scales. The spacecraft that carries four people. The destination they're flying toward. And home, shrinking to a sliver 250,000 miles