NASA Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/TITUSVILLE, FL – I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando on 6 April 2026 about NASAs historic Artemis II moonshot mission and todays history making 7 hour long flyby of the moon by the crew in their Orion spacecraft named Integrity – during their 10 day test flight mission.
The 4-person international crew from the US and Canada will be venturing farther into space than any human before as they complete a lunar flyby and slingshot around the far side of the Moon culminating this evening with closest approach to the Moon at 7:02 p.m. ET while hurtling onwards to begin the journey back home to Earth.
NASA Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
They will also observe a total solar eclipse starting around 8:35 p.m. ET lasting for nearly an hour for the first time from space
NASA Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
Caption: Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
The crew of Artemis II are now on their way to the Moon! – commencing an exciting history making voyage that makes them the first humans to leave our home planet Earth since NASA’s Apollo 17 moon landing mission in Dec. 1972
The approximately 10-day slingshot mission began with liftoff on April 1 atop NASA’s SLS mega moon rocket propelling them of on a trajectory around the Moon and back for the Artemis II crew comprising NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
NASA Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
Their voyage to the Moon was approved after the Orion spacecraft check out perfectly after 1 day in Earth orbit clearing the way for Mission Control in Houston to gave the go ahead for the TLI or Trans Lunar injection burn at 7:49 p.m. ET the evening of April 2 – which was successfully completed.
NASA Artemis II crew prepares for record-breaking moon flyby. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 6, 2026 to break down the timeline and projections for the lunar flyby of NASA’s Artemis II crew as we get closer to the record-breaking distance of the Artemis II crew. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
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Detailed lunar flyby timeline around the lunar farside for Artemis II crew on April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA
Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 2, 2026 following the successful launch of the historic Artemis II on April 1, 2026. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-jm5ry5s596ubbc3c
Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and more space and mission reports direct from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news. Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken’s photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events.
TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 3, I was interviewed on two TV networks on FOX 35 Orlando and WESH NBC News Orlando about the successful launch of NASAs first-of-its-kind satellite robotic servicing rescue mission to save NASAs $500 million Swift space telescope which is quickly falling from orbit. See story & video links below Its High Risk, High Reward and
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The final launch for the mightiest version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket nicknamed ‘The Bruiser’ – went off without a hitch from Florida’s Space Coast just past midnight early Thursday morning July 2 carrying another batch of satellites for Amazons Leo operational broadband constellation of commercial internet comsats to
