Next stop, the moon!
Watkins is one of NASA's astronauts on the Artemis team, meaning she is eligible to be chosen for one of the Artemis crewed missions, possibly even the first Artemis moon landing. As a geologist, Watkins has shared her excitement at the possibility of one day landing on the moon.
"We've looked at lots of images and even looked at samples that the Apollo astronauts brought back," she told NPR."But to be able to be a real field geologist on the surface of another planet would just be unreal." This will not only be the first moon landing since 1972, NASA has also stated that, with its Artemis program, it aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon.
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