Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando: Countdown to Artemis II launch | ‘Rocket is in good shape’

Countdown to Artemis II launch | ‘Rocket is in good shape’
Dr. Ken Kremer from Space UpClose spoke with FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer about the previous hydrogen leaks regarding Artemis II [on April 1, 2026 just hours before the planned launch]. Kremer reported that NASA is testing the hardware and software ahead of the launch set for 6:30 p.m., April 1. “That’s all fixed now. Everything is looking really great,” Kremer said. Credit: Fox 35 Orlando/Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ssc0eojmgl3bpz7f
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  In the final hours before the launch of NASA’s history making Artemis II crew around the Moon and back I was interviewed live on Fox 35 Orlando at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center by the world famous Countdown Clock in Florida.

Watch the complete live interview here:

https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ssc0eojmgl3bpz7f

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/countdown-artemis-ii-launch-rocket-163524130.html

Countdown to Artemis II launch | ‘Rocket is in good shape’
Dr. Ken Kremer from Space UpClose spoke with FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer about the previous hydrogen leaks regarding Artemis II [on April 1, 2026 just hours before the planned launch]. Kremer reported that NASA is testing the hardware and software ahead of the launch set for 6:30 p.m., April 1. “That’s all fixed now. Everything is looking really great,” Kremer said. Credit: Fox 35 Orlando/Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ssc0eojmgl3bpz7f
Caption: Countdown to Artemis II launch | ‘Rocket is in good shape’. Dr. Ken Kremer from Space UpClose spoke with FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer about the previous hydrogen leaks regarding Artemis II [on April 1, 2026 just hours before the planned launch]. Kremer reported that NASA is testing the hardware and software ahead of the launch set for 6:30 p.m., April 1. “That’s all fixed now. Everything is looking really great,” Kremer said.  Credit: Fox 35 Orlando/Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com

On March 30 and T Minus 2 days to liftoff the famous countdown clock had begun ticking down for NASAs Artemis II Moonshot rocket – comprising the 32-story tall integrated SLS and Orion stack at Launch complex 39B that will propel 4 astronauts on a historic test flight looping around the Moon and back

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take 4 astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth with launch opportunities beginning April 1, 2026. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com

Members of the launch team arrived at their consoles inside the Rocco Petrone Launch Control Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Countdown to Artemis II launch | ‘Rocket is in good shape’
Dr. Ken Kremer from Space UpClose spoke with FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer about the previous hydrogen leaks regarding Artemis II [on April 1, 2026 just hours before the planned launch]. Kremer reported that NASA is testing the hardware and software ahead of the launch set for 6:30 p.m., April 1. “That’s all fixed now. Everything is looking really great,” Kremer said. Credit: Fox 35 Orlando/Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ssc0eojmgl3bpz7f
The Countdown started about 49 hours before the targeted T Zero at 6:24 p.m. ET April 1

Enjoy our photos taken by the Space UpClose team of Ken Kremer and Jean Wright.

 

 

The Artemis II moonshot will propel 4 humans to the moon for the first time in over 50 years from Florida’s Space Coast!

The international crew quartet comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen

Artemis II crew poses after arriving at KSC for April 1 launch. Comprising Commander Reid Wisemanm Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from CSA (Canadian Space Agency), arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. The Artemis II mission will take the crew on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com

They will venture further out from Earth than any humans before in history!

The Artemis II crew will travel over 690,000 miles in a loop around the Moon and back – farther than any human before. Farther even then the current record holders  – namely the three-man crew of Apollo 13

Ken Kremer

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.

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