Victor Glover Preached the Gospel From the Moon and Had Two Words for the Man Who Called Him a Liar

May 26, 2026 Cat2, The Media
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On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts read from Genesis while orbiting the moon and one billion people stopped what they were doing to listen.

Fifty-eight years later, Victor Glover quoted the Gospel of Matthew from the same patch of sky – and most of the mainstream press changed the subject.

Six weeks after that, a man with a camera cornered Glover inside the U.S. Capitol, accused him of lying about going to space, and told him God was watching.

Glover looked at him and said two words: "Take care."

The Man Who Took a Bible to the Moon

Victor Glover is a nearly 30-year military veteran, a husband, a father, and a member of Southeast Church of Christ in Friendswood, Texas.

He brought a Bible on Artemis II.

He had a Bible and Communion cups sent ahead to the International Space Station before his 2020 mission there.

Before Artemis II launched on April 1, he said this: "I pray that God will bless this mission."

When a reporter asked the crew how they felt about orbiting the moon over Easter weekend, the other astronauts glanced over at Glover.

He is that guy on the crew.

When the Artemis II spacecraft reached its closest point to the moon – 252,756 miles from Earth, farther than any human beings had ever traveled – Glover got on the radio.

"As we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos," he said, "I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth – and that's love."

Then he quoted Matthew 22.

"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."

Twenty-five million people were watching on NASA's YouTube channel alone.

Mission Control replied: "Houston copies."

What Happened When He Got Home

When Glover's neighbors gathered in his driveway to welcome him back, he skipped the mission highlights.

He said: "I don't know if you heard me say it, but God told us to love Him with all that we are and love our neighbors as ourselves."

His neighbors erupted in applause, several shouting "Amen."

Later, on the Christian Chronicle podcast, Glover explained the connection between his faith and his career.

"My career is fed by my faith," he said. "Anytime I do something that's pretty risky, I pray – before I fly, every time I fly. In the military, there's a saying that there are no atheists in foxholes. There aren't any on top of rockets, either."

The Capitol Confrontation

On May 12, the Artemis II crew visited Capitol Hill.

A man found them in a hallway and started recording.

"Stop lying. Stop acting," he said. "You all never went to space."

He invoked God. He demanded repentance. He called NASA a psyop.

He followed the crew through a set of doors into another hallway, still going.

Glover said two words: "Take care."

Then he kept walking.

That's the Story

When Apollo 8 splashed down in December 1968, NASA received a telegram so short it fit in one line: "Thanks. You saved 1968."

Frank Borman read Genesis to a country that was falling apart, and people who had never thought much about space suddenly understood why it mattered.

Victor Glover did something just as extraordinary 58 years later – quoted Christ to 25 million people from a quarter million miles away, unprompted, unscripted, in the moment before radio silence swallowed his voice.

Most of the press that would have celebrated Borman in 1968 spent the week writing about something else.

The man in the Capitol hallway demanded that Glover repent.

He picked the wrong target – a man who prays before every flight, who took Scripture to the moon, and who had exactly two words for someone who wanted a fight.

That's the whole story.

Sources:

  • Michael Schwarz, "Video: Man Accosts NASA's Artemis II Crew at Capitol, Accuses Them of Faking Moon Mission," Western Journal, May 21, 2026.
  • Michael Foust, "Artemis II's Victor Glover Quotes Christ as Millions Watch Historic Moon Mission," The Heartlander, April 7, 2026.
  • "There Are No Atheists on Top of Rockets," Daily Citizen, Focus on the Family, April 1, 2026.
  • "Victor Glover Returns Home, Shares Faith-Filled Message with Neighbors," Jubilee Cast, April 14, 2026.
  • B.T. Irwin, "There Are No Atheists on Top of Rockets," The Christian Chronicle, June 14, 2023.