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The Artemis II crew are currently demonstrating proximity operations using our European Service Module engines 🚀
The techniques demonstrated will support future Artemis flights 🌕

Orion is free of the ICPS

We have ICPS-2 separation from Orion! The spacecraft is traveling on its own now and will soon use the spent rocket stage as a target to perform a series of rendezvous and proximity operations demonstrations.

More information on the tests: blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/icps-2-or…

Orion is ready to roll!

During the proximity operations demonstration, Pilot Victor Glover will command Orion to maneuver near the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, helping teams prepare for future missions when Orion will dock with another spacecraft.

Glover will report the spacecraft’s roll, pitch, and yaw – the side-to-side tilt, up-and-down, and left-to-right movements of the spacecraft.
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Artemis II is now connected to the Deep Space Network. The vehicle is currently ~40 times further away from Earth than the International Space Station.

Human voices are now using the deep space network for the first time in 54 years

We. Are. Going!

A reminder that humans can do incredible things when we work together with purpose.

Next up: Orion will separate from the ICPS at ~01:59 UTC.

Follow Artemis II on this live timeline to get a preview of upcoming events and when they're happening.

ICPS-2 successfully boosted Orion and its four-person crew into a high Earth orbit. This is where the astronauts will orbit for the next day to ensure Orion’s systems are working as expected while still close to home.

United Launch Alliance, under a collaborative partnership with Boeing, built the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) upper stage of the SLS rocket.

We have ignition of the second burn by ICPS-2! This will be an 18-minute engine firing to lift Orion's orbit to 43,730 miles above Earth. [Render not photo]

NASA leaders are hosting a news conference on the status of the Artemis 2 mission and the milestones ahead for the remainder of Flight Day 1.
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Watch Earth come into view as Orion rotates

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