Quotes from Victor J. Glover

Keep your world small, keep your focus on the thing right in front of you and slowly widen out that world-view.

For most of us, the thought of traveling to another galaxy probably seems like science fiction. But the truth is, the foundation for humankind's journey beyond Earth's solar system is being laid right now aboard our very own International Space Station.

Seeing Earth from here is quite spectacular, and it also makes me realize how important it is that we do all that we can to take care of it.

This has been a really interesting journey, the seven years I've been at NASA, and it's been a real exercise personally and professionally, but also spiritually.

I want to use the abilities that God has given me to do my job well and support my crewmates and mission and NASA.

I applied to do a fellowship in Congress and I was accepted to be a legislative fellow, so I go to work on the personal staff of a senator. I got very lucky and got to work in the office of Senator John McCain, and it was a yearlong program.

I studied engineering at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and between my junior and senior years I actually joined the Navy, while I was still in college.

Launch and entry are such unique experiences.

It truly is a privilege to work and to live here, and to be able to do both makes this just a really unique experience. And so as the only rookie in the group, it was really an honor to become a part of an expedition and see what it's like to fly the International Space Station.

The vision of NASA is to reveal the unknown for the benefit of all humankind.

In the original 'Star Trek' TV series, space stations served as deep-space research laboratories, as well as rendezvous points where starships could dock before exploring the unknown. When we were envisioning our own space station, the applications were similar.

But thanks to the International Space Station, we're able to study the effects of weightlessness and develop countermeasures in orbit, close to Earth.

As we've grown our family, that's really when I've started to develop a real, true appreciation of my own faith and not just the academic.

God assigned me a few really important things: this life, this vessel, but also my wife and that relationship, the two of us becoming one and then the family that we've grown with our four daughters.

The thing that really draws me and excited me about the future is the opportunity to be a part of kindling America's passion for aerospace and space.

We all need to lean on God but we also need to lean on each other and be encouraging to one another.