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Jessica Watkins to be the First Black Woman to Spend Extended Stay in Space
Jessica Watkins will be embarking on a six-month mission on the International Space Station as a part of NASA's Artemis program.
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NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Set to Make History as 1st Black Woman on International Space Crew
While many people of color have visited the space station, Watkins will become the first Black woman to do an extended stay at the international space station.
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Jeanette Epps Will Not Become the 1st African-American International Space Station Crew Member; NASA Pulled Her Off the Team
Last year, amid the buzz and hype of the movie Hidden Figures—which tells the story of three African-American women who were crucial in the launch of the first American into orbit—the story of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps also took flight. Epps was scheduled to become the first African American to call the International Space Station…
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Jeanette Epps to Be 1st African-American International Space Station Crew Member
The timing is impeccable. Just as the highly anticipated movie Hidden Figures—the story of three African-American women who were crucial in the launch of the first American into orbit—hits theaters, more news of black female achievement in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields has hit the presses. NASA announced Wednesday that for the first…
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1st American Man to Orbit Earth and Former US Sen. John Glenn Dead at 95
Astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first American to orbit Earth, died Thursday at the age of 95. Glenn was surrounded by his family and his wife of 73 years, Annie, when he passed away at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Glenn was…