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Saudi Astronaut Group 1, selected as Axiom Mission 2 backup, February 12, 2023. [34] 24 Nichole Ayers: 1988/1989 United States: NASA Astronaut Group 23: 25 Christina Birch: November 17, 1986 United States: NASA Astronaut Group 23: 26 Deniz Burnham: October 1, 1985 United States: NASA Astronaut Group 23: 27 Jessica Wittner: 1983 United States
Jessica Andrea Watkins (born May 14, 1988) is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut and former international rugby player. Watkins was announced as the first Black woman who completed an International Space Station long-term mission in April 2022.
The role of women in and affiliated with NASA has varied over time. As early as 1922 women were working as physicists and in other technical positions. [1] Throughout the 1930s to the present, more women joined the NASA teams not only at Langley Memorial, but at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Glenn Research Center, and other numerous NASA sites throughout the United States. [2]
Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut. [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. [3]
NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team chosen to fly as early as next ...
Two Nasa astronauts participated in a rare all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday morning (1 November). Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara exited the ISS in ...
In 2013, Mann was selected as one of the eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21. She completed her training in 2015 and has since served as a T-38 Talon Safety and Training Officer and was the Assistant to the Chief of Exploration. She worked on development of the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System, and the Exploration Ground Systems.
Christina Koch (/ k ʊ k / COOK; née Hammock; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. [3]