Victor J. Glover

Pilot

NASAAmericanACTIVE

FLIGHTS

w/ SPACEX

EVAs

167d 6h 29m

IN SPACE

BIOGRAPHY

Victor J. Glover is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain and test pilot. He served as pilot on SpaceX Crew-1, his first spaceflight. He became the first African American to live aboard the ISS for an extended stay. He was selected as the pilot for Artemis II, which will be the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon since Apollo 17.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth

April 30, 1976

Birthplace

Pomona, California, U.S.

Selection

NASA Group 21 (2013)

Military Service

Captain, U.S. Navy

EDUCATION

BS General Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

MS Flight Test Engineering, Air University

MS Systems Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School

MMAS, Air University

Wikipedia Profile @AstroVicGlover

MISSION HISTORY

Crew-1

November 16, 2020Flight #107

SpaceX will launch the first operational mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program (CCtCap), carrying 3 NASA astronauts and 1 JAXA astronaut to the International Space Station. This mission will be the second crewed flight to launch from the United States since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.

CREW:

FELLOW CREWMATES

Shannon Walker

NASA

Soichi Noguchi

JAXA

Michael S. Hopkins

NASA

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