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I saw a shuttle launch when\h
I was in elementary school\h\h

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and I thought I really want to\h
fly that and that's where it began.\h\h

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He is a Navy commander, a naval aviator and a test\h
pilot. He was selected as an astronaut in 2013.\h\h

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This is his first space flight.\h
Introducing NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

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First and foremost, I'm just grateful to god\h
and to my family. To work and live in space\h\h

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is just a humbling and amazing blessing in\h
and of itself. This is a test pilot's dream.\h\h

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Flying has been such an important part of\h
my professional life and I love to do it.\h\h

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64,000 feet, that's the highest up\h
I've ever been above the ground\h\h

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and so to get to a point beyond that,\h
that'll be a little special moment.\h\h

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Victor Glover Crew-1 Pilot

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I'm a rookie astronaut, I'm the pilot and going to\h
be learning the ropes from a very experienced crew.\h

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Trying to balance that enjoying and living in the\h
moment, but also managing the responsibilities to\h\h

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make sure that we get to space safely. I'm\h
looking forward to that juxtaposition\h\h

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of emotion I think. Tell me about how you ended up\h
here. I think for every astronaut that's\h\h

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kind of a different story. Oh wow, that goes way back.\h
So high school, athlete, loved being a part of a\h\h

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small, high-performing team, wrestling and football. I\h
was fortunate to wrestle in college while pursuing\h\h

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my engineering education. I actually originally\h
wanted to be a Navy Seal – that's what started my\h\h

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journey in the Navy and I wound up deciding to go\h
into aviation and learn to fly. The love of flying\h\h

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and being a part of a small, very specialized, high-performing team that gets to do things in really\h\h

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interesting and challenging environments,\h
the astronaut corps is the epitome of that.\h\h

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This is truly an exciting time for a\h
human space flight in our nation\h\h

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and believe me it's only going to get better as\h
we charge off into the future. We've been working\h\h

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with our partner SpaceX for years it's been. It's\h
just been amazing to learn about the vehicle\h\h

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and to just spend time getting to know\h
their flight control team and their trainers.\h\h

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It's creating sort of a new culture that\h
is some kind of a balance between the two.

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The fact that it takes thousands of\h
people all over the world to get us ready,\h\h

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it's humbling and overwhelming and I want to do\h
my best because I represent them. So, thank you\h\h