WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration
of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President
Kamala Harris to the International
Space Station for a virtual chat.
In the video recorded Feb. 24 and
shared Saturday, the conversation ranged from the legacy of human
spaceflight to observing Earth from the vantage of the space
station, Glover's history-making stay aboard the orbiting
laboratory, and preparing for missions from the Moon to Mars.
Victor Glover is a
long-duration crew member on the International Space Station. He
served as the Crew Dragon pilot and second-in-command for NASA's
SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Glover is responsible for spacecraft systems
and performance.
Selected as an astronaut in 2013, the California native holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in general engineering from California Polytechnic State
University, a Master of Science degree in flight test engineering
and a master's degree military operational art and science from
Air University, and a Master of Science
degree in systems engineering from Naval
Postgraduate School. Glover is a naval aviator and was a
test pilot in the F/A–18 Hornet, Super Hornet, and EA–18G Growler
aircraft. Follow Glover on Twitter and Instagram.
For more than 20 years, humans have lived and worked
continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing
scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making
research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor,
242 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity
laboratory that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational
investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas. The
space station remains the springboard to America's Moon to Mars
exploration approach, including Artemis missions to the Moon to
prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
For more information about the International Space Station, its
research, and its crew, please visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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