NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will become the first Black woman on the International Space Station crew. She is set to launch into space in April 2022 on the SpaceX Crew-4 mission, according to NASA.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will become the first Black woman on the International Space Station crew.
She is set to launch into space in April 2022 on the SpaceX Crew-4 mission, according to NASA. Watkins was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2017 and has been preparing for her first space mission since then. The other three crew members on the mission include NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines, as well as the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti.
— Jonny Kim November 17, 2021 Kathy Lueders, lead of NASA's human spaceflight program as associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, said,"Congrats to @NASA_Astronauts' Jessica Watkins! She's been chosen to join @astro_kjell, @Astro_FarmerBob, and @esa's @AstroSamantha on the upcoming @SpaceX Crew-4 mission, the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the @Space_Station.
— Kathy Lueders November 17, 2021 A history of trailblazersCountless people of color paved the way over the past half a century for Watkins to achieve her extraterrestrial dreams. Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. spent decades recruiting minority and female astronauts and would later become the first Black person to walk in space in 1995. Dr. Mae Jemison became the first Black woman in space while aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.
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