Artemis II Pilot Pauses During Lunar Mission To Deliver Powerful Easter Message

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover delivered a powerful message of faith as he and his fellow astronauts traveled toward the moon, praising God’s creation ahead of the Easter holiday.

Glover, a devout Christian, said that traveling into space had given him a whole new perspective on his faith, the earth, and the universe — all of which God had made for his final creations: humans.

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Astronaut Victor Glover delivers beautiful Easter message from space, praises God’s creation.

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“As we are so far from earth and looking back at the beauty of creation, and I think the — for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see earth as one thing,” he said. “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 then flipped the analogy on its head, saying that in a way, earth itself was the “spaceship” from which all of humanity viewed the universe.

“You’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos,” he explained. “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.”

Glover concluded by pointing out that in all the vastness of the universe — most of which was defined more by the empty space than the physical objects that inhabit parts of it — humans had been given one small planet in one small solar system in one small galaxy, and had used that to create incredible things.

“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 added, as the other members of his crew nodded along. “So I think as we go into Easter Sunday thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing and we’ve gotta get through this together.”