Artemis II NASA pilot to the moon played college football and wrestled at NCAA Division I level originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. One of the men helping pilot NASA's Artemis II to the moon this week was once a college football player and wrestler.

The Artemis II crew includes the first woman, Black man, and Canadian to fly on a moon mission, a key step for NASA.

Victor Glover, who grew up in Pomona, will pilot NASA's first crewed flight to the moon since 1972. If successful, he'll be the first Black person to reach the moon.

Victor Glover, a former Navy test pilot, carefully maneuvered the Orion capsule in space around a discarded rocket stage. The demonstration is crucial for future moon landing missions.

Former Division I athlete Victor Glover is the pilot for NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon. He played defensive back for Cal Poly.

"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

As a child, Mr. Wiseman never imagined he could be an astronaut. Now he’s commanding NASA’s first mission to the moon since 1972.

No kid from Pomona has ever gone so far. “Pushing ourselves to explore is just core to who we are,” Victor Glover said in an April 2023 NASA video. “It’s part of being a human. We want to know what’s out there,

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