NASA Astronaut Victor J. Glover

Victor J. Glover was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and is currently assigned as the pilot of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon. He has previously served as the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 64.

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The California native holds a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science.

Glover is a Naval Aviator and was a test pilot in the F/A‐18 Hornet, Super Hornet and EA‐18G Growler. He and his family have been stationed in many locations in the United States and Japan and he has deployed in combat and peacetime.

Glover accumulated 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 aircraft, over 400 carrier arrested landings and 24 combat missions.

(28 March 2023) NASA Astronaut Victor Glover will be making his second flight to space as the pilot of the Artemis II mission. Glover previously served as pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1, which landed May 2, 2021, after 168 days in space. As a flight engineer aboard the space station for Expedition 64, he contributed to scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, and participated in four spacewalks. (Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)

(3 December 2020) Flight Engineer Victor Glover, wearing a white flight suit, poses for a photo in front of the windows in the Cupola module. (Credit: NASA)

(29 March 2023) NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen were announced Monday, April 3 as the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The crew assignments are as follows: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Koch, Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen. (Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

(27 January 2021) Extravehicular Crewmember 2 (EV2) Victor Glover translates from the P6 Truss following completion of an Extravehicular Activity 69 (EVA 69) task. (Credit: NASA)

(19 March 2021) NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover replaces hardware inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module’s Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR). The FIR supports fluid physics research in microgravity observing phenomena such as colloids, gels, bubbles, wetting and capillary action, and phase changes, including boiling and condensation. (Credit: NASA)

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NASA astronaut Victor Glover is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon

(3 August 2018) NASA astronaut Victor Glover is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon were announced during the event. (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)