Dr. Jessica Watkins Will Be the First Black Woman to Spend Months in Space

Dr. Jessica Watkins Will Be the First Black Woman to Spend Months in Space

February 8, 2022

This April, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is set to become the first Black woman to live and work on the International Space Station for an extended mission.

This will be Watkins’ first trip to space following her selection as an astronaut in 2017.

She will arrive there onboard a SpaceX capsule and then spend six months on the ISS as part of NASA’s Artemis program, a multi-billion dollar effort designed to return humans to the surface of the moon in 2025.

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