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Why Was NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Removed From International Space Station Mission? Racism, Her Brother Says
Last summer, it was announced that NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps would become the first African-American International Space Station crew member, after she was chosen to go on the June 2018 mission. Of course, we now know that those plans have changed, with news breaking last week that NASA had decided to pull Epps off the…
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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…