What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
WASHINGTON, D.C./KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – With the Artemis II crew working through Day 8 (April 8) of their historic Moon mission and send stunning imagery from their lunar flyby on Day 6 Monday. April 6, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando about the mission and my thoughts thus far.
The interview took place while I was driving north from the Florida Space Coast and stopped along I-95 just south of Washington, D.C, along the way to the New York City area where I’ll be presenting an invited talk about Artemis II at the NEAF Astro/Space convention at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY on April 11/12.
What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
The Artemis II astronauts are continuing their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space, as they travel back to Earth for a splashdown on Friday, April 10.
What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
Caption: What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando.
What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission. Garret also asked Ken about his space outreach and Artemis II lecture upcoming at the NEAF Astro/Space forum on April 11/12, 2026 at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY near NYC. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
The 4-person international crew from the US and Canada ventured farther into space than any human before as they completed a lunar flyby and slingshot around the far side of the Moon culminating Monday evening, April 6, with closest approach to the Moon at 7:02 p.m. ET while hurtling onwards to begin the journey back home to Earth.
What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
They also observed a total solar eclipse starting around 8:35 p.m. ET lasting for nearly 54 minutes for the first time from space
Artemis II crew observes a total solar eclipse on Day 6 for about 54 minutes duration as they emerge from around the far side of the Moon on April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA/Artemis II
The crew of Artemis II are now on their way back to the Moon! – continuing 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.
What’s going on in space with Artemis II astronauts on Day 8. The Artemis II astronauts continue their 10-day moon mission, sending more photos of the Milky Way Galaxy, the moon and Earth from never-before-seen angles out in space. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom on April 8, 2026, to break down the status of the mission ahead of the Artemis II crew’s planned news conference with reporters tonight. Screenshot: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.wogx.com/video/fmc-ys29gjzgmj82wg0c
Their voyage to the Moon was approved by NASA after the Orion spacecraft checked out perfectly after 1 full 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. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-ay6xjdbq91qvq3xl
Apr 2 Fox 35 Orlando: Watch my complete live post launch interview
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After two weather scrubs earlier this week, the 3rd time finally proved to be the charm at last! With a gorgeous picture perfect launch for the 34th NASA SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) thundered off the launch pad Friday evening May 15 carrying 6500 lbs hardware, science experiments & supplies to
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando about NASAs new release of 12000 dazzling images from the recent history making mission of NASA Artemis II mission astronauts around the moon and back. Featured here are some screenshots of a few of the images we discussed – and my impressions in the Fox 35 Orlando
