<p>The pilot of SpaceX’s Dragon Resilience, Victor Glover, posted his first video of Earth on Twitter from the International Space Station. </p>.<p>The first-timer in space, Glover expressed his awe in the video saying, “The video just doesn’t do justice. It is pretty amazing though.”</p>.<p>The video showed a portion of the planet covered in blue sea and wispy clouds.</p>.<p>The Los Angeles native is the first African-American astronaut who will be staying in the station over a long period of time. </p>.<p>The Navy Commander was working as a legislative fellow for Senator John McCain before he got picked by NASA to be an astronaut.</p>.<p>Four astronauts carried into orbit by a SpaceX Crew Dragon boarded the International Space Station on November 17, the first of what NASA hopes will be many routine missions ending US reliance on Russian rockets.</p>.<p>The Crew Dragon capsule became the first spacecraft to be certified by NASA since the Space Shuttle nearly 40 years ago. Its launch vehicle is a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.</p>.<p>NASA turned to SpaceX and Boeing after shuttering the checkered Space Shuttle program in 2011, which failed in its main objectives of making space travel affordable and safe.<br /><br /><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>
<p>The pilot of SpaceX’s Dragon Resilience, Victor Glover, posted his first video of Earth on Twitter from the International Space Station. </p>.<p>The first-timer in space, Glover expressed his awe in the video saying, “The video just doesn’t do justice. It is pretty amazing though.”</p>.<p>The video showed a portion of the planet covered in blue sea and wispy clouds.</p>.<p>The Los Angeles native is the first African-American astronaut who will be staying in the station over a long period of time. </p>.<p>The Navy Commander was working as a legislative fellow for Senator John McCain before he got picked by NASA to be an astronaut.</p>.<p>Four astronauts carried into orbit by a SpaceX Crew Dragon boarded the International Space Station on November 17, the first of what NASA hopes will be many routine missions ending US reliance on Russian rockets.</p>.<p>The Crew Dragon capsule became the first spacecraft to be certified by NASA since the Space Shuttle nearly 40 years ago. Its launch vehicle is a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.</p>.<p>NASA turned to SpaceX and Boeing after shuttering the checkered Space Shuttle program in 2011, which failed in its main objectives of making space travel affordable and safe.<br /><br /><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>