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In November 2021, she became the 4th astronaut of Group 22, and first Black woman, to be assigned a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after being chosen as the final member of SpaceX Crew-4, which launched in April 2022. [1] [15] [16] It is Watkins’ first time in space.
STS-121 (July 4–17, 2006), was a return-to-flight test mission and assembly flight to the International Space Station. During the 13-day flight, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery tested new equipment and procedures that increase the safety of space shuttles, repaired a rail car on the International Space Station and produced never-before ...
First African American woman to be an ISS expedition crew member SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022) 19 Jaison Robinson September 25, 1980 Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022) 20 Jeanette J. Epps November 2, 1970 On August 4, 2023, NASA announced that Epps would join SpaceX Crew-8 that launched to space on March 4, 2024. [5] SpaceX Crew-8 (March 4, 2024 ...
First woman in space. Only woman to make a solo spaceflight. Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963) [5] 2 Svetlana Savitskaya Aug. 8, 1948 Soviet Union: First woman to fly on a space station (Salyut 7, 1982). First woman to perform a spacewalk (Jul. 25, 1984). First woman to make two spaceflights. Soyuz T-5 (Jul. 19, 1982) Soyuz T-12 (Jul. 17, 1984) 3 Sally ...
Recently released photos of two NASA astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have caused health concerns to rise. Although Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were ...
Current ISS crew names are in bold. The suffix (twice, thrice, ...) refers to the individual's number of spaceflights to the ISS, not the total number of spaceflights. Entries are noted with for women and for men. This list only includes crew members of the ISS. For a list including non-crew, see List of visitors to the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday. - NASA The capsule’s hatch opened at about 7:04 p.m. ET, allowing Hague and Gorbunov to enter ...
[33] [34] [35] African-American astronauts were members of Space Shuttle crews to the ISS while the station was being constructed, but until Victor Glover went to the station in Nov 2020, none had made an extended stay as a crew member. [35] [36] Epps began cross-training on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as the Starliner-1 mission kept ...