Out of  the 3,500 applicants that applied, Jeanette J. Epps is the first black woman to call NASA International Space Station home. She will serve as a flight engineer in May 2018 on Expedition 56 with veteran astronaut Andrew Feustel.

 

First there were the Hidden Figures and now there is Jeanette J. Epps.  Do you think there is more progress to come?

 

Source: http://www.blackenterprise.com/technology/jeanette-j-epps-nasa-space-station/