Recently, Maya, the daughter of astronaut Victor Glover, captured attention with a heartwarming tribute to her father during the Artemis II mission.
As reported by Fox News, Maya revealed a T-shirt featuring her father’s image by unzipping her hoodie. She celebrated by dancing joyfully, a beaming smile on her face.
“If your father successfully pilots Artemis II and gets halfway to the moon…and you forget dancing,” she remarked in a caption.
By Friday morning, her video had amassed over 2 million reactions, more than 15,000 comments, and around 47,000 shares.
Brands like Instagram, Walmart, and Starbucks chimed in, with Starbucks affectionately calling her “the eldest daughter of the moon.”
Earlier this week, Glover shared insights based on Jesus Christ’s teachings before communication with Earth was lost.
As he and fellow astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen neared the moon, Glover expressed his desire to highlight love as one of life’s greatest mysteries. He quoted that the “greatest commandment” is to “love God as you are,” and the second is to “love your neighbor as yourself.”
Glover also reflected on the beauty of creation, emphasizing how Earth serves as a haven in the vast universe.
In a social media post, NASA shared that the crew brought “endless months of joy.” Video clips showed them enjoying their mission and marveling at the Earth, with one astronaut exclaiming how they were completely captivated by the view through their first window.
On Friday, the astronauts were wrapping up preparations for their return to Earth. According to NPR, their Orion space capsule was set to re-enter the atmosphere southeast of Hawaii at around 7:53 p.m. ET, expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego approximately 13 minutes later. The spacecraft would need to travel through the atmosphere at about 25,000 miles per hour to make this happen.
