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Artemis II pilot Victor Glover went a long way — 252,756 miles, to be exact — to make an impression, and boy, did he ever make one. A devout Christian, Glover praised God from the heavens as he and his compatriots completed their lunar mission — and his faith resonated in shockwaves back on Earth.
While many are accustomed to watching celebrities or sports figures answer victory — and sometimes defeat — with prayer and a call to glorify God in all things, those words are more striking when they come from scientists because so often culture teaches us that science and faith must be at odds with each other.
But Glover says otherwise, loudly and boldly — and when he’s given a microphone, even hundreds of thousands of miles from earth, he says it again.
The naval test pilot holds three master’s degrees in flight and engineering fields, and he explained in a 2023 interview that his faith feeds his academic and career pursuits.
“My career is fed by my faith. Anytime I do something that’s pretty risky, I pray. Before I fly, every time I fly. Definitely when you go sit on top of a rocket ship,” he said. “In the military, there’s a saying that there are no atheists in foxholes. There aren’t any on top of rockets, either.”
Throughout Artemis II’s mission, Glover took every opportunity to share his faith — particularly in the context of God’s creation, to which he’d just been given a front-row seat.
On Easter Sunday, he gave an impromptu speech from aboard the Orion capsule.
🚨 JUST IN: Artemis II pilot Victor Glover just gave this BEAUTIFUL Easter message
“So far from Earth, looking at the BEAUTY of creation.”
“When I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us…this amazing place.” ❤️🙏🏻pic.twitter.com/cjZscnGz2A
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 4, 2026
“You know, when I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us, who were created, it’s — you have this amazing place, this spaceship, you guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from earth,” Glover said, adding, “You’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos. Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but we’re the same distance from you, and I’m trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special.”
“In all of this emptiness, this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe, you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together,” he said.
Just before they circled around the moon and lost contact with Mission Control, Glover once again took the microphone and brought the conversation back to his faith: “Christ said in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are … He said the second … that is to love your neighbor as yourself.”
JUST IN: Astronaut Victor Glover shares the Gospel from Artemis II before losing communication.
“Christ said in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are.”
“He said the second … that is to love your neighbor as yourself.”
The… pic.twitter.com/9xErKPxmQU
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 6, 2026
When the crew finally splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of their lunar mission, Glover’s first public comments were once again rooted in his faith: “I wanted to thank God in public, and I want to thank God again, because even bigger than my challenge trying to describe what we went through, the gratitude of seeing what we saw, doing what we did, and being with who I was with — it’s too big to just be in one body.”
🚨 WOW! Artemis II pilot Victor Glover spreads the gospel after a safe return home from space
This dude is a MASTERCLASS!
“I wanted to thank God in public, and I want to thank God again, because even bigger than my challenge trying to describe what we went through, the… pic.twitter.com/VnCljIxdqX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 11, 2026
When Glover was granted a hero’s welcome at home, his thoughts remained on shining the light outward. “Some of us have never met before. And you know whose fault that is? Ours. So let’s choose to do this. Let’s be this more. Let’s be neighbors,” he said. “I don’t know if you heard me say it, but God told us to love Him with all that we are and love our neighbors as ourselves.”
NEW: Astronaut Victor Glover shares the gospel to a crowd who welcomed him back home to Houston, Texas.
People were seen lining the streets to welcome Glover back home.
“Some of us have never met before. And you know whose fault that is? Ours. So let’s choose to do this. Let’s… pic.twitter.com/xMLozkJtLr
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 13, 2026
The response was overwhelming: People everywhere heard him, and they loved what they heard.
“Loves Jesus. Loves his wife. Loves his daughters. Literally new fav astronaut,” commentator and Daily Wire contributor Elisha Krauss posted.
“It’s really beautiful to see someone in the government, in the military, and most definitely in the public eye giving glory to God for a mighty achievement. Our society needs so much more of this,” another responded.
“Victor Glover is currently my favorite American,” journalist Olivia Rondeau added.
“No need to send poets to the Moon, we have NASA Astronaut Victor Glover,” someone else observed.
But Glover himself said it best: “We need Jesus — whether on earth or circling the moon.”
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