The latest crew that launched aboard a SpaceX capsule are the first to equally made up of men and women, per AP.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins as Crew-4 departs to Launch Complex 39-A to prepare for liftoff to the International Space Station onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Wednesday.
Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Imageswith the International Space Station on Wednesday for a five-month mission.This is the first NASA crew equally made up of men and women — among them is Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to take part in a long-term spaceflight,
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