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Biography
Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is a United States Navy captain, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in 2020, he piloted the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover served as a flight engineer on Expedition 64 and became the first Black American astronaut to live aboard the ISS. In April 2026, Glover piloted the Artemis II lunar flyby mission, during which he became the only person of color to fly beyond low Earth orbit and to travel to the vicinity of the Moon. Glover and his crew travelled farther from Earth than any other humans.
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Awards & recognition
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Iraq Campaign Medal
