Nasa astronaut to be first Black woman to join space station crew

Jessica Watkins, a Nasa astronaut, is poised to become the first Black woman to join its crew for a long-term mission. Nasa announced on Tuesday that Watkins, a geologist raised in Lafayette, Colorado, would serve as a mission specialist on SpaceX's next astronaut flight, known as Crew-4, to the space station.



November 17, 2021 at 09:11AM