Astronaut Victor Glover Proclaims Greatest Commandment From Space

On Easter Monday, Victor Glover, pilot of the spacecraft Integrity of NASA’s Artemis II mission, proclaimed the Greatest Commandment from space.

The crew of Integrity had just made history at 1:56 p.m. EDT on April 6, surpassing the farthest distance any humans have ever travelled from Earth. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christian Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hanson, bested Apollo 13’s previous record of traveling 248,655 miles from Earth.

The Integrity crew broke that record, set in 1970, by over 4,000 miles, travelling 252,756 miles away from our pale, blue dot.

To commemorate the occasion, the crew proposed names for two craters on the moon, one after their spacecraft, Integrity, and one after commander Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll, who passed away in 2020 after a five-year battle with cancer.

Hanson, serving as mission specialist, proposed the names to Houston. “It’s a bright spot on the moon,” Hanson said as his voice broke, “and we would like to call it Carroll.”

In the emotional moment, Wiseman, the mission’s commander, broke down into tears, and the Integrity crew embraced – setting another record for sharing the farthest group hug away from Earth.

To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll. pic.twitter.com/ejfhnItDo8

— NASA (@NASA) April 6, 2026

Hours later, just before the crew lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes as Integrity sped behind the moon, pilot Glover gave a special space sermon: “As we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on earth. And that’s love.”

He added,

Christ said in response to what was the greatest command that it was to love God with all that you are. And he also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself.

As we prepare to go out of radio communication, we are still able to feel your love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth and around Earth: we love you from the moon.

Glover referenced the Greatest Commandment given by Jesus Christ: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39, ESV).

Just two days earlier, Glover shared his perspective on Easter from halfway between the Earth and the moon as the astronauts looked back at “the beauty of creation.”

“When I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us who were created, it’s, you have this amazing place, this spaceship … you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos,” Glover shared.

“I’m trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special. In all of this emptiness, this is a whole bunch of nothing – this thing we call the universe – you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.”

As the Artemis II astronauts circled the moon, they captured a breathtaking photo, “Earthset,” depicting the Earth setting behind the moon.

IN SPACE – APRIL 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

As Integrity came around the moon, the crew witnessed an Earthrise, the Earth rising from behind the moon, followed by an hour-long solar eclipse as the spacecraft, the moon and the sun aligned.

IN SPACE – APRIL 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

Glover’s beautiful orbital homily is reminiscent of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders’ reading of Genesis as the Apollo 8 crew orbited the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968. The Apollo 8 crew members were the first humans to see the far side of the moon and photograph an Earthrise.

The Artemis II mission has inspired millions and left many in awe at the amazing capability of human beings, and the stunning grandeur of God’s good creation.

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,

and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.” (Psalm 8: 3-5, ESV)

Through Artemis II’s pictures and pilot Glover’s commentary, the 8 billion of us left on Earth have seen and heard God revealed through both the book of nature and the book of Scripture.

The Integrity is on its way back to Earth and scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10. We pray for and wish the crew a safe return!

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