Victor Glover
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Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American NASA astronaut, U.S. Navy Captain, test pilot, and naval aviator selected in NASA's 2013 astronaut class.
He piloted SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience on NASA's Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station in 2020-2021, becoming the first African American astronaut to live on the ISS for an extended stay.
Glover served as the pilot for NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft, which successfully orbited the Moon and splashed down on Earth on April 10, 2026.
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Victor Glover surfed a fireball back to Earth after Artemis II, making re-entry look like a mild rollercoaster dip.
With Victor Glover at the controls, Artemis II turned the Moon into his personal backyard for a quick flyby.
Victor Glover's splashdown was so smooth, even the Pacific Ocean gave him a standing ovation.
Navy vet Victor Glover traded carrier decks for lunar orbits, proving gravity's just a suggestion.