For the first time, a Black woman will live and work on the International Space Station, starting in April of next year. Jessica Watkins, who was born in Maryland but now considers Colorado home, is ...

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins made history as the first Black woman to embark on an extended mission with the International Space Station, USA Today reports. On Wednesday, Watkins, 33, and her crew ...

Watkins joins the SpaceX Crew-4 mission for her historic first trip to space. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is on her way to the International Space Station Wednesday for a historic debut spaceflight ...

Rookie NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who received her doctorate in geology from UCLA, is set to make aerospace history tomorrow when she becomes the first Black woman to ever serve as a crew member ...

Jessica Watkins will soon make history when she becomes the first Black woman to join the International Space Station for her first trip to space. As previously reported by theGrio, the Colorado-born ...

According to NASA, astronaut Dr. Jessica Watkins, 33, serves as a mission specialist on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, making history as the first Black woman to journey into space for an ...

The moon floats just above Earth's life-giving atmosphere in a gorgeous photo snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins. "As beautiful as the Earth is, I can ...

NASA and SpaceX are set to send the next round of astronauts to the International Space Station tomorrow from the Kennedy Space Center. One member of the mission is NASA's astronaut, Jessica Watkins, ...

Jessica Watkins, left, and Donovan Crowl shown in the U.S. Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo from ProPublica Jessica Watkins’ fiance continued his testimony Friday morning in federal ...

On Wednesday, SpaceX launches the next NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — including Jessica Watkins, who is to become the first Black woman on a long-duration mission. NASA and ...