AdvertisementNASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to spend months in spaceUpdated April 27, 2022Rina TorchinskyfacebookEmailNASA astronaut Jessica Watkins waves at the audience during the astronaut graduation ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on January 10, 2020. (AFP via Getty Images)This article was originally published on January 31, 2022.