WATCH: NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Receives Call From Vice President Kamala Harris

By  //  February 28, 2021

Glover is the first African American astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft

ABOVE VIDEO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris placed a special phone call to space this week when she spoke with astronaut Victor Glover who is aboard the International Space Station.

(NASA) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris placed a special phone call to space this week when she spoke with astronaut Victor Glover who is aboard the International Space Station.

Glover, a crew member of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, is the first African American astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft, and the first African American to fly a long-term mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.

This is his first spaceflight since being selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013.

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