Circling the moon, a Black astronaut inspires millions
DAVID HOOD-NUNO
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NASA astronaut Victor Glover reacts on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's USS John P. Murtha after returning from the crew's Artemis II moon flyby mission's Orion capsule, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
August Clawson, U.S. Navy
NASA engineer Naia Butler-Craig stands at the entrance to the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 10.
Ruddy Roye, Reuters
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch put on ship hats on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's USS John P. Murtha after returning from their Artemis II moon flyby mission's Orion capsule, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
August Clawson, U.S. Navy
NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is pictured in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6.
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NASA astronaut Victor Glover reacts as he walks across the flight deck of the U.S. Navy ship USS John P. Murtha following extraction from the Artemis II mission's Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
Kenneth Melseth, U.S. Navy
Artemis II NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks during a press conference on Saturday at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston.
WASHINGTON — At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut. Each time she walked into St. Mark AME Church in Orlando, Florida, and saw the framed photo of Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space, she knew space was her ultimate goal.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover reacts on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's USS John P. Murtha after returning from the crew's Artemis II moon flyby mission's Orion capsule, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch put on ship hats on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's USS John P. Murtha after returning from their Artemis II moon flyby mission's Orion capsule, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover reacts as he walks across the flight deck of the U.S. Navy ship USS John P. Murtha following extraction from the Artemis II mission's Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday.
