Astronaut Victor Glover manually pilots the Orion capsule

These are stills from NASA's live broadcast feed of the Artemis II mission. The image on the left shows a docking target on the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. On the right is the Orion crew inside the capsule.

The goal of the Artemis II mission is to serve as a practice run for NASA's deep space systems and to establish processes for future moon landings. About four hours into the mission, astronaut and pilot Victor Glover manually flew Orion (another mission first) and conducted a series of control and proximity demonstrations. He used Orion to practice what it would be like for the craft to ...