Classmate says Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover always aimed for the moon A high school and college classmate of Victor Glover NASA astronaut said he always set his sights high. A high school and college classmate of Victor Glover said the Navy captain and NASA astronaut always seemed to be reaching for the stars.NASA old-timers are rooting for return to the moon with Artemis II launch Dr. Pamela Larde, who attended Ontario High School and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with Glover, said it still makes her proud when she thinks about what her long-time friend has achieved. "You don’t get used to hearing your friend say. 'I'm going to the moon,'" Larde said."I’m trying to pinch myself. At the same time it’s not surprising because Victor has always been shooting for the moon. Highly ambitious. "We wouldn’t limit what we aspired to do. When he would say, 'I’m going to be president,' there was no doubt. In my mind, that’s next. He did say, 'I want to be president and an astronaut.'" Larde described Glover, a 49-year-old Navy captain and former combat pilot, as an excellent leader who can remain calm in high-pressure situations. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and served as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 64., but this mission will take Glover and his three crew mates miles in the Orion capsule deeper into space than their pioneering colleagues ventured. The capsule will fly more than 200,000 miles from home on the 10-day mission and complete a figure-eight around the moon. The upcoming Artemis III mission will aim to have Orion dock in space with a landing craft that will then take astronauts to the moon's surface. The target date for the that mission is 2028.