Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover felt the enormity of space when he went on his historic mission around the moon, and the experience has brought him closer to god. Glover and his crewmates, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, returned to Earth on Friday, April 10, after a 10-day trip to the moon. After going through an extensive post-mission evaluation, they met a crowd at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and shared their thoughts on their experiences. Victor Glover, the Artemis pilot, still hadn’t wrapped his head around his whirlwind trip to the cosmos. But one thing he did know was that it gave him a deeper sense of faith, “I’m going to keep it brief because I’m afraid to start talking,” he admitted. “I have not processed what we just did, and I’m afraid to start even trying. When this started on April 3rd, I wanted to thank God in public. And I want to thank God again because even bigger than my challenge trying to describe what we went through, the gratitude of seeing what we saw, doing what we did, and being with who I was with, it’s too big to just be in one body.” The Artemis II Crew Laid the Framework For a Massive Mission When the crew left Earth on April 1st and did their lunar fly-by, they ventured further into space than any human had before. The mission was part of a bigger plan to put people back on the moon. And the data collected will be used for the planned missions. Artemis III is projected to blast off in 2027 and will test equipment. Artemis IV and V will drop a crew on the moon’s surface and build a moon base. The massive mission reminded Glover that what really matters is god, his family, wife, Dionna Glover, and their four daughter, Genesis, Maya, Joia, and Corinne, and everyone who supported the crew. And he wanted to be sure they all understood that. “I wanted to thank our families for everything that he just said so many great words, great words, great words. I love you, but not just those five beautiful, cocoa-skinned ladies right there. All of you,” he continued. “And, I wanted to thank our leadership, and it’s changed since we were here in April of 2023. But the qualities haven’t and we are fortunate to be in this agency at this time together and so I’m going to sit down. Thank you also to our air operations for this facility and for the ride home from San Diego. And I love you. Thank you.” This story’s featured image is by Danielle Villasana/Getty Images.