NASA emeritus astronaut Victor Glover is settling into life in San Luis Obispo, and he's already going viral for something that has nothing to do with space. It's all about his dance moves!
Glover, who recently joined Cal Poly in a leadership capacity, shared that one of his proudest recent accomplishments was nailing a TikTok dance with his wife, Dionna, and their four daughters. His daughter Maya posted the video to her TikTok channel, and the family gave KSBY permission to share it. Maya told KSBY Reporter Jessica Roe, "... my dad was all in" and that her mom was also excited to dance in the video.
In the video posted on Maya's @mayalorinn TikTok account below, the family can be heard working through the choreography together, as seen here:
Maya subsequently posted the video where they nailed it; that video can be found here:
Maya Glover tells KSBY Reporter Jessica Roe that she came up with the idea and pitched it to her dad, while he was traveling in outer space, over a Zoom call.
She also shared details about her sisters, and how her mom was “all in,” but when it came to her astronaut dad, just as he piloted a spacecraft, logistics were at the forefront for him
“My mom was also excited to recreate the video, it was my siblings who were kind of dragging their feet lol. But the instructing part was quite funny, the part with my dad being worried about spacing, body angles, and fist trajectories really shows how he approaches new things, very analytical to say the least. He had so many questions on the specifics of “is this arm popping or stagnant ?” and “ left hip or right hip?” truly shooting for success whether it be lunar orbit or lush life choreography,” Glover told Roe. “My mom picked up the moves easily, you can take the mom out of Zumba but you can’t take Zumba out of the mom.”
Glover spoke about the experience on the day he announced his new leadership position at Cal Poly, in an interview with KSBY's Jessica Roe.
"I'm excited for us to all be close together. You know, you probably saw our, you know, fun dance online. You know, I'll do almost anything for my kids, but that was just a fun time spending those hours together, making that little dance video," Glover said.
Glover and Dionna arrived in San Luis Obispo two weeks ago. When they landed at the airport, Glover walked right past a poster of himself.
The next morning, he reported for orientation at Cal Poly.
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