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Jessica Andrea Watkins (born May 14, 1988) is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut and former international rugby player. Watkins was announced as the first Black woman who completed an International Space Station long-term mission in April 2022.
Deep Impact was released in the same summer as the similarly themed Armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more accurate. [4] [5] Deep Impact was slightly better received critically than Armageddon, although both ultimately received mixed reviews.
She was crew support astronaut for the Expedition 6 crew during their six-month mission on the ISS. In July 2006, Nyberg took part in NEEMO 10, a deep-sea training and simulation exercise at the Aquarius underwater laboratory to help NASA prepare for the return of astronauts to the Moon and crewed missions to Mars. Nyberg and her crewmates ...
Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, current commander of the International Space Station, retired U.S. Navy officer, and one of the most experienced spacewalkers with nine spacewalks (second most for a woman) and a total time of 62 hours and 6 minutes (fourth overall, current record-holder for most hours spent during spacewalks by a woman).
In the summer of 1998, Hollywood offered up not one, but two blockbuster films about asteroids hurtling towards Earth. Released on May 8 of that year, Deep Impact, directed by Mimi Leder, told a ...
Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut. [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. [3]
As Menon read "Kisses from Space," James and Grace watched 435 miles below from Florida with their father Anil Menon, a NASA astronaut. Hailing from Houston, Texas, the Menon family made the trip ...
Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an Indian American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India.