Victor Glover

Victor Glover is a United States Navy captain, test pilot and retired NASA astronaut. A former F/A-18 pilot and graduate of the Air Force Test Pilot School, he piloted the first operational Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station in 2020 and served on Expedition 64, becoming the first Black American astronaut to live aboard the station. In April 2026 he piloted Artemis II, the lunar flyby. He became the only person of color to fly beyond low Earth orbit, and he and his crew travelled farther from Earth than any other humans.

Born: 30 April 1976
Country: United States
Flights: 1: Artemis II (2026)
Time in space: 167 days 6 hours
Stations visited: International Space Station, as part of Expedition 64

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

Artemis II
- Orion, SLS
- Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen
Artemis II was the first crewed flight of the Artemis programme and the first time people had flown to the Moon since Apollo 17. Orion Integrity was the first crewed spacecraft to fly on the Space Launch System.
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- Everyday Astronaut
- NASA