The first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins, has arrived at the International Space Station.
A week after the new crew arrives, the three Americans and German they’re replacing will return to Earth in their own SpaceX capsule. Three Russians also live at the space station.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Crew-4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Servic"Our heartfelt thank you to every one of you that made this possible. Now let Falcon roar and Freedom ring," radioed NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, the commander.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - APRIL 18: In this NASA handout, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins speaks to members of the media after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center with fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Robert Hines, KjeShe credits supportive family and mentors — including Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space in 1992 — for "ultimately being able to live my dream.
Like Watkins, NASA astronaut and test pilot Bob Hines is making his first spaceflight. It’s the second visit for Lindgren, a physician, and the European Space Agency’s lone female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, a former Italian Air Force fighter pilot.
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