Cal Poly's Astronauts
Victor Glover
As the engineering alumnus gets ready for a historic voyage beyond the moon, he shares how Learn by Doing prepared him to face the unknown.
By Larry Peña // Illustration by Kyleigh Pinto
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The conservatory builds on the legacy of beloved greenhouses instrumental in a Learn by Doing curriculum. The new high-tech structure contains three teaching greenhouses featuring distinct environments: canopy-covered lowland tropics, rain-soaked elevated tropics, and a parched desert. Each atmosphere is meant to be an abrupt contrast with the Central Coast’s Mediterranean climate.
Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly.
The experience of moving through the stifling heat and humidity — with a thriving spectrum of plants — was intentional. Professors Jenn Yost and Matt Ritter of the Biological Sciences Department aim to inspire a sense of awe and wonder among the more than 1,000 students who will explore the conservatory in their classes, labs and research projects every year.
Students can see black pepper, vanilla and coffee plants, plus carnivorous pitcher plants, rare cacti and some endangered species. Several faculty have even brought seeds back from their global travels, resulting in a range of species now rooted in the conservatory.
The experience of moving through the stifling heat and humidity — with a thriving spectrum of plants — was intentional. Professors Jenn Yost and Matt Ritter of the Biological Sciences Department aim to inspire a sense of awe and wonder among the more than 1,000 students who will explore the conservatory in their classes, labs and research projects every year.
Students can see black pepper, vanilla and coffee plants, plus carnivorous pitcher plants, rare cacti and some endangered species. Several faculty have even brought seeds back from their global travels, resulting in a range of species now rooted in the conservatory.
The experience of moving through the stifling heat and humidity — with a thriving spectrum of plants — was intentional. Professors Jenn Yost and Matt Ritter of the Biological Sciences Department aim to inspire a sense of awe and wonder among the more than 1,000 students who will explore the conservatory in their classes, labs and research projects every year.
Students can see black pepper, vanilla and coffee plants, plus carnivorous pitcher plants, rare cacti and some endangered species. Several faculty have even brought seeds back from their global travels, resulting in a range of species now rooted in the conservatory.
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The experience of moving through the stifling heat and humidity — with a thriving spectrum of plants — was intentional. Professors Jenn Yost and Matt Ritter of the Biological Sciences Department aim to inspire a sense of awe and wonder among the more than 1,000 students who will explore the conservatory in their classes, labs and research projects every year.
Students can see black pepper, vanilla and coffee plants, plus carnivorous pitcher plants, rare cacti and some endangered species. Several faculty have even brought seeds back from their global travels, resulting in a range of species now rooted in the conservatory.
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Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s on-campus shelter in early March. Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student.
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Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s on-campus shelter in early March. Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student.
Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
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Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s on-campus shelter in early March. Each atmosphere is meant to be an abrupt contrast with the Central Coast’s Mediterranean climate.
Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
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Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s in early March.
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LEFT: Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s in early March. MIDDLE: Shelter co-manager Sam Rammetovac, an animal science student, comforts a lamb at the Cal Poly Three Bags Full Program’s in early March. RIGHT:
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Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
Sleepwalking Into Our Future
Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
Sleepwalking Into Our Future
Every plant is thoughtfully maintained by conservator and curator Gage Willey and a team of skilled interns. Willey teaches students to care for each species while physically constructing parts of the greenhouse. Seeing plants grow in the soil, the instructors say, helps students understand how plants work in an evolutionary context.
“The conservatory provides this opportunity for students to actually feel with their hands, to smell with their noses, to see with their eyes all that plants are doing,” says Jenn Yost, botany professor and director of the Hoover Herbarium.
Victor Glover: At a Glance
〉Cal Poly Major General Engineering, 1999
〉Navy Captain and Former Fighter Pilot
〉1 Space Mission with NASA
⇒2020 | Piloted the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station
〉Total Time in Space: 167 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes
〉Slated to pilot the Artemis II mission to orbit the moon
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