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NASA to send first African-American to ISS in 2018
Updated On: 06 January, 2017 08:56 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the first African-American crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when she flies to the orbital post in May next year, the US space agency said today</p>
Jeanette Epps. Pic/AFP
Washington: NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the first African-American crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when she flies to the orbital post in May next year, the US space agency said today. NASA assigned veteran Andrew Feustel and Epps to missions aboard the ISS in 2018.
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