Pomona Astronaut to Pilot Artemis II Lunar Mission Launching Wednesday

NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, is scheduled to launch Wednesday afternoon, with a Southern California native serving as the spacecraft’s pilot.

The mission is set to lift off at 3:24 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a roughly 10-day journey around the moon and back.

Among them is Victor Glover, who was born in Pomona, attended Ontario High School and graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo…

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