Astronaut Victor Glover Shares Video Of Earth View From SpaceX Capsule

His first video from space offers a stunning view of the Blue Planet and, according to the astronaut, it doesn't do justice to the real thing.

Glover tweeted, " Looking at Earth through the Dragon Resilience window.

In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American man to go to space, while Mae Jemison became the first black American woman to fly into space in 1992.

Glover wrote while sharing the video. Although NASA has sent over 300 astronauts to space, only 14 of them were black.

They arrived at the space station On November 16, about 27 hours after the launch of SpaceX and NASA, Called Crew-1.

"I look forward to getting up there and doing my best to make sure, you know, we are worthy of all the work that's been put into setting us up for this mission". Shannon Walker said that she will also remember her family and friends back home who would be partaking in this traditional holiday. This image was taken from the International Space Station as it orbited the Earth off the coast of the United States.

Epps was designated to be the first black astronaut to complete a long stay on a mission in 2018, but was unexpectedly pulled from her flight in June, The Washington Post reported.

Speaking with The Christian Chronicle, he said: 'I've had some incredible colleagues before me that really could have done it, and there are some unbelievable folks that will go behind me'.

Glover is married to Dionna Odom, and they have four children.

The 44-year-old Southern California native graduated from Cal Poly in 1999 with an engineering degree.