{"id":231523,"date":"2026-04-02T08:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231523\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:20:10","slug":"north-texas-family-celebrates-as-astronaut-victor-glover-prepares-for-historic-artemis-ii-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231523\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas family celebrates as astronaut Victor Glover prepares for historic Artemis II mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading the crew is Victor Glover, who is set to become the first Black man to travel into deep space.<\/p>\n

COLLIN COUNTY, Texas \u2014 As NASA<\/a> prepares to send astronauts back toward the moon, one North Texas family is watching closely \u2014 knowing history will include someone they call their own.<\/p>\n

The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, marking the first time humans have traveled that far into space in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n

Piloting the crew is Victor Glover<\/a>, who is set to become the first Black man to travel into deep space.<\/p>\n

For Aneesha Ross, Glover\u2019s cousin, the moment is deeply personal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing him grow up and be the man that he is, is absolutely phenomenal,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

The mission will travel roughly 700,000 miles, looping around the moon before returning to Earth. It is part of NASA\u2019s broader Artemis program aimed at returning humans to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

For Glover, the milestone is about more than making history. \u201cI also hope that we are pushing the other direction, that one day we don\u2019t have to talk about these firsts,\u201d he said in a previous interview.<\/p>\n

Back on Earth, his family says pride is hard to put into words.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make that history and be in our family, it is just \u2026 words really can\u2019t explain,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

Glover\u2019s father is in Florida near the launch site, where he spoke with his son ahead of liftoff. \u201cHe had a big smile on his face \u2026 he was ready,\u201d said Mr. Victor Glover.<\/p>\n

While millions are expected to watch the launch, Glover said they are already thinking about when the crew makes a safe return.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be glued to a laptop or a computer or a TV watching that splashdown when it happens,\u201d his father said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading the crew is Victor Glover, who is set to become the first Black man to travel into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-231523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}