NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will become the first black woman to go on an extended trip to the International Space StationNASA astronaut Jeanette Epps has been tapped as the first black woman to participate in an extended mission to the International Space Station. Epps will be joining onto the Starliner-1 mission, which the other two astronauts have been a part of since August 2018. The mission will also be the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. 'Jeanette Epps congratulations on your assignment to the Starliner-1 crew and mission to the International Space Station,' he said in a video posted on Twitter. Boeing suffered a major setback in its Starliner mission in December when an unmanned test flight missed a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Source: Daily Mail August 26, 2020 17:43 UTC