Overview
- The Artemis II crew is due to re-enter Friday evening before a Pacific splashdown off San Diego, a phase that brings a 25,000 mph plunge through the atmosphere.
- Maya Glover posted a short video that reveals a T-shirt with her father’s image and a playful dance that includes a brief stumble.
- Official accounts and brands weighed in, with Instagram calling her “generationally iconic,” Starbucks dubbing her “first daughter of the moon,” and Walmart joking that her dad is “out of this world.”
- Coverage cites different reach for the clip, ranging from almost 1 million likes in three days to 21.9 million views across Instagram and TikTok.
- Victor Glover is piloting the roughly 10-day mission and is reported as the first Black astronaut to travel beyond low Earth orbit, a point his daughter underscored with childhood photos and a note from her time at California Polytechnic State University.