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Per Salzman, however, the pilot knew the fly-by could have ended in disaster.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Hashtags such as "fake space" and "fake NASA" have gained traction online since NASA's lunar fly-by sent astronauts farther from Earth than any human before.

From Barron's Apr. 11, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II fly-by mission will light up the Florida sky at launch, and observers can watch from miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

But as soon as Wednesday, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to attempt the first crewed fly-by of the moon since 1972.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

But the seventeenth was the big day, every saucer this side of Polaris must have made a successful rendezvous over Farmington, because on that day most of the town's 3,600 citizens saw the mass fly-by.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.