First astronaut of color to head to the moon: Victor J. Glover Jr. (12 images)

NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover Jr. has been named to the upcoming Artemis II mission as early as 2024, which will make him the first person of color to orbit the moon. Glover, first chosen as an astronaut in 2013, will be the pilot. The U.S. Navy aviator recently piloted and served as second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, which landed in May 2021. Here's a look at his career.

NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover Jr. is seen during a NASA event at which it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins were assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on August 3, 2018. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI

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Left to right, NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 members Shannon Walker, Glover, Mike Hopkins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi take part in crew equipment interface training in 2020. Photo courtesy of SpaceX

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Glover poses for a portrait in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on September 15, 2020. NASA selected 18 astronauts from its corps to form the Artemis Team and pave the way for the next missions around and on the moon as part of the Artemis program. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI

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Glover (L) and Hopkins pose after their arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 8, 2020. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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