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There are some stories that can’t help but make you proud to be an American.
Victor Glover is one of them.
Glover is a Navy captain, test pilot, engineer, and NASA astronaut. He earned three master’s degrees from three different institutions. During his naval career, one of his commanding officers gave him the call sign “Ike” – short for “I know everything.” It was partly tongue-in-cheek. But it fit.
In April 2026, Glover piloted Artemis II around the moon. In doing so, he became the first African American to leave low Earth orbit and travel beyond it. Along with his crewmates, he helped set a new record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth.
