NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy Captain Victor Glover, Jr. will join the Artemis II crew alongside mission commander Reid Wiseman and specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, on a mission around the moon
Glover’s historic crew – the first to have a woman, a Canadian and an African American go to the moon – anticipates boarding the Orion and launching to the moon in November 2024. Their mission follows in the footsteps of the famous Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s that paved the way for lunar exploration.
“The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is their crew, this is our crew, this is humanity’s crew,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.Born and raised in California, Glover graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general engineering from California Polytechnic State University and has three masters degrees in flight test engineering, systems engineering and military operational art and science.
Between NASA and the U.S. military, Glover has over 20 years as an aviator, flying over 40 different aircrafts. His career at NASA started in 2013 when he was selected as one of the eight members of the 21st NASA astronaut class. As part of the Artemis II mission, he’ll serve as second in command over the mission to get humans to the moon and back.
“The most exciting aspect of this mission for me is the exploration [that] we’re doing is the first few steps of the path of getting humans to Mars, and I don’t think that can be overstated,” GloverThe Artemis Program, started in 2017, began with Artemis I in November 2022, a 25-day unmanned mission to the moon to test the Orion spacecraft’s capabilities.
“Together, we are ushering in a new era of exploration for a new generation of star sailors and dreamers – the Artemis Generation,” Nelson
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