INDOZONE.ID – NASA announced that one The astronaut Jessica Watkins will be a member of the upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 mission, which will launch in April next year.
Not only that, Jessica is also listed as the first black woman to join a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as a crew member.
Later, Jessica will join 2 other NASA astronauts and 1 astronaut from Italy for a 6-month mission in the orbital laboratory.
Jessica herself started her career at NASA as an intern. He is a geologist who grew up in Colorado and attended Stanford University for a bachelor’s degree.
Jessica then earned her doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles by taking the concentration of landslides on Mars and Earth.
Quoted from Metro.uk, Friday (19/11), Jessica has worked with NASA on projects including the Mars Curiosity exploration mission.
His success as one of NASA’s astronauts is expected to be an example, especially for women of color.
“Being an astronaut is something I’ve dreamed of for a very long time since I was a child, but definitely not something I thought would ever happen,” he said.
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