Victor J. Glover

Victor Glover
Glover at a NASA news conference in 2023
Born
Victor Jerome Glover

(1976-04-30) April 30, 1976 (age 48)
Education
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankCaptain, US Navy
Time in space
167 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes
SelectionNASA Group 21 (2013)
Total EVAs
4
Total EVA time
26 hours, 7 minutes
MissionsSpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65)
Mission insignia

Victor Jerome Glover (born April 30, 1976) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013[1][2] and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover is a captain and F/A-18 pilot in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.[3] He was a crew member of Expedition 64, and served as a station systems flight engineer.[4]

Glover was selected as pilot of the crew for the Artemis II flight, planned to circle the Moon in 2025.[5]

  1. ^ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "2013 Astronaut Class". NASA. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "NASA's Newest Astronauts Complete Training". NASA. July 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFJL 2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Expedition 64 Mission Summary" (PDF). NASA. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Berger, Eric (April 4, 2023). "All of a sudden, NASA's return to the Moon feels rather real". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

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