Jessica Watkins Will Be First Black Woman to Join Space Station Crew - The New York Times

Only seven of the 249 people who have boarded the space station since its creation in 2000 were Black. Victor Glover, a Navy commander and test pilot who joined NASAs astronaut corps in 2013, became … [+1770 chars] Jessica Watkins, who joined NASA?s astronaut corps in 2017, is scheduled to fly to the orbital outpost in a SpaceX capsule in April. Read More