NASA Astronaut Victor Glover: Orion Spacecraft Pilot | Artemis II Moon Mission

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover: Orion Spacecraft Pilot | Artemis II Moon Mission

Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover shares his excitement about getting to fly the Orion spacecraft manually during the Artemis II mission. After hours of practicing in a simulator, this will be the first time the Orion spacecraft will be flown by a human . . . in space! This test will be valuable for learning how the ship handles as NASA looks ahead to more complex missions to the Moon.

Learn more about Victor Glover: 
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/victor-j-glover/

NASA’s Artemis II crew is now on their way to the Moon. After the mission management team polled “Go” Thursday, April 2, 2026, NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for five minutes and 50 seconds beginning at 7:49 p.m. EDT, to successfully complete the translunar injection (TLI) burn, sending the crew in Orion out of Earth orbit and on a trajectory toward the Moon.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard, was launched on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, for the Artemis II Mission from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA’s Artemis II Mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft.

Artemis II Mission coverage on:

NASA+: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-events/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nasa

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/

X: https://x.com/nasa

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa

Check the Artemis blog for updates: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: April 2, 2026

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