General News Briefing — April 07, 2026 9 PM Eastern

Clockwise General News — In a historic achievement, the Artemis II mission's Orion spacecraft has successfully completed a lunar flyby, shattering records for human distance from Earth. This is the Clockwise General Briefing, 9 PM Eastern. The Artemis II mission briefly experienced a planned communications blackout as the Orion spacecraft passed behind the Moon during its historic lunar flyby. This expected silence has ended, and the crew is now setting new records for human space travel while making its return journey to Earth.