Victor Glover’s return to Southern California Friday came with an on-air surprise: his mother walked onto the KTLA set for their first reunion since before his historic lunar mission.
Glover, a Southern California native who was born in Pomona and graduated from Ontario High School and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, recently made history as one of the first people in more than 50 years to travel around the moon and the first Black astronaut to fly by the moon.
During the wide-ranging interview, Glover reflected on the 10-day Artemis II mission, the challenges of preparing for deep-space travel and the profound perspective gained from viewing Earth from nearly 253,000 miles away…