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This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Karman Line

This astronaut visited the International Space Station.

Station Visitor

This astronaut has spent over a month in space.

Space Resident

Jessica Watkins was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Watkins reported for duty in August 2017 and completed two years of training as an astronaut candidate. The Colorado native earned a Bachelor of Science in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University, and a Doctorate in geology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Watkins conducted her graduate research on the emplacement mechanisms of large landslides on Mars and Earth. She has worked at NASA’s Ames Research Center and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and was a science team collaborator for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Watkins served as a mission specialist on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, which concluded on Oct. 14, 2022. It was the first spaceflight for Watkins, and the first flight of the Crew Dragon “Freedom” spacecraft. During the mission, she spent 170 days in space maintaining the space station and contributing to science experiments that not only might improve life on Earth, but also allow researchers to learn more about the effects of long duration spaceflight on the human body. Courtesy of NASA.

SpaceX Crew-4

NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins along with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will conduct a planned 6-month mission to the International Space Station aboard the new Dragon capsule named Freedom.

Crew Dragon is the first privately built and operated orbital spacecraft capable of flying humans. As a reusable SpaceX capsule, it transports crew members to and from the International Space Station. It will also carry paying customers to the Station and low Earth orbit. While it typically accommodates a crew of four, this number can vary depending on the mission.

Crew Dragon

Jessica Watkins

United States of America

Italian Space Agency (ISA)

European Space Agency (ESA)

ISS Visitor

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut is the first woman from Italy to go to space.

First Woman from Italy

Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz TMA-15M ferried three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station.

Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.

Soyuz

Italy

Samantha Cristoforetti

Soyuz TMA-17M

Soyuz TMA-17M ferried three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station.

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