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Jessica Watkins: first Black woman to command NASA mission on ISS
A four-person SpaceX crew launched to the International Space Station and arrived after eight hours of flight, breaking the American speed record for reaching the ISS. The mission commander was Jessica Watkins — the first Black woman to lead a crewed orbital NASA mission. The launch was delayed by three weeks due to repairs to a fuel system leak in the Dragon capsule; morning launch preparations were also threatened by cloud cover, which eventually cleared.
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