Victor Glover said the Artemis II mission represents “human history," not identity-based milestones, as his remarks gained traction online and drew praise from conservatives.

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover has been married to his wife, Dionna Glover, for more than two decades. They share four daughters together named Genesis, Maya, Joia, and Corinne, NASA explained. "The

All three NASA astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission are veterans of Earth-orbit science expeditions to the International Space Station, while the lone Canadian joining ​them on a voyage around the moon and back is a spaceflight ‌rookie.

As NASA's Artemis II launch captured the nation on Wednesday, a Stockton astronaut with his own journey to space used the moment to inspire the next generation.

Jeremy Hansen is a Canadian astronaut who is a member of the four-person Artemis II crew.

Artemis II is so perfectly on course that NASA skipped a burn—while the crew gears up for a once-in-a-lifetime view of the Moon’s hidden side.

Victor Glover is currently hurtling toward the moon at 25,000 miles per hour as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, but before he was an astronaut, he was a defensive back for Cal Poly’s football team and a member of the Mustangs’ wrestling team.

The museum has an exhibit up called Astronaut, one of the ways it’s educating kids on the rocket launch with rides, infographics on life in space and mission control simulators. The exhibit also features video segments filmed by astronauts in space, showing students different facets of life in zero-gravity.

Veteran astronaut Don Pettit most recently spent five months in space and captured remarkable images. He’s taken nearly a million images and says they are a vivid display of beauty. Pettit has taken photographs of comets, the northern lights and more.

NASA released the first images taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman aboard the Artemis II Orion capsule.