Victor J. Glover

Victor Glover is the kind of resume that makes you sit up. A Navy captain, F/A-18 pilot, test pilot, systems engineer, and finally a NASA astronaut who piloted SpaceX's first operational Crew Dragon flight to the ISS in 2020. Any one of those careers would be a life's achievement; he stacked them. What I admire most is the temperament you can read between the lines, the patient, methodical climb of someone who masters one hard thing before reaching for the next. There is no shortcut to that seat. Glover earned his, quietly, and the kid from Pomona ending up in orbit still feels like the best kind of American story.

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Name (English)

Victor J. Glover

Name (Japanese)

ビクター・J・グローバー

Reading

びくたー・J・ぐろーばー

Born

April 30, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Pomona, California, United States

Occupation

astronaut / fighter pilot / naval officer / systems engineer / flight test engineer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

High school

Ontario High School

University

Air University

Awards & achievements

• Iraq Campaign Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/astrovicglover/
• Xhttps://x.com/AstroVicGlover
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Glover
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13499227

Tags

• California
• astronaut
• fighter pilot
• naval officer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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