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 videos posted below.

Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom We break down the breathtaking new photos from the Artemis II moon mission, showing the Earth, moon and the Artemis II crew from never-before-seen angles.

Watch the complete live interview video here:

https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-7f1qx0fc80t149xb

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/nasa-releases-12000-new-artemis-ii-photos/vi-AA22rT9Q?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Caption: “NASA releases 12,000 new Artemis II photos.  Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose joins FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom [on May 5, 2026] to break down the breathtaking new photos from the Artemis II moon mission, showing the Earth, moon and the Artemis II crew from never-before-seen angles.

The astronaut quartet began their exciting voyage with a very beautiful, extremely loud and bright late afternoon blastoff on April 1 on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion Moon rocket propelled the Artemis II crew on NASA’s history making journey hurling the first humans to the Moon and back in more than 50 years – since NASA’s Apollo era.

The international crew of three American and one Canadian astronauts lifted off atop NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket generating 8.8 million pounds of ear-splitting, extremely bright and roaring thrust from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 1, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a planned 10 day test flight and lunar flyby looping around the Moon and back – on a free return trajectory.

The successful Artemis II launch was the beginning of an approximately 10-day mission for NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

All three NASA astronauts have flown long duration expeditions to the ISS (International Space Station). Hansen is the crews lone rookie

The Artemis II crew returned safely from their lunar slingshot journey on April 10 – with a splashdown in the Pacific inside their Orion capsule dubbed ‘Integrity’

The heat shield performed extremely well

Recent TV interview by Ken Kremer

WESH 2 NBC Orlando

video: https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/space-exploration/artemis-iii-hardware-arrives-as-moon-race-intensifies/ar-AA21WvtK?ocid=BingNewsVerp
video: https://www.wesh.com/article/artemis-iii-hardware-arrives-as-moon-race-intensifies/71155389

 

Fox 35 Orlando live interview

https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-hub2nuctgfk03hcj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xFG5YY1oeI

 

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