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\nNASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is scheduled to fly to space for the first time as part of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-4 mission launching to the International Space Station.
\nCredits: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/p>\n

NASA has assigned astronaut Jessica Watkins to serve as a mission specialist on the agency\u2019s upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 mission, the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

This will be Watkins\u2019 first trip to space following her selection as an astronaut in 2017. Watkins joins NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, as a crew member for the Crew-4 mission.<\/p>\n

NASA previously announced the assignments of Lindgren and Hines as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, in February, and ESA announced Cristoforetti as a mission specialist for the mission in May.<\/p>\n

Crew-4 is scheduled to launch in April 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a six-month science mission aboard the microgravity laboratory.<\/p>\n

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