Victor Glover, Jr., is an American astronaut who, as the pilot of the Artemis II mission in April 2026, became the first Black astronaut to fly to the Moon. During the mission, he and his crewmates set the record for the farthest distance traveled by humans in space: 406,771 km (252,756 miles). Glover’s first spaceflight was as the pilot on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission (2020–21), which was the first fully operational flight of the Dragon spacecraft. He and three other astronauts launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in November 2020. He spent 168 days in space and performed four spacewalks.
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