In 1992, maejemison became the first woman of color to go to space. Just two other African-American women have flown in space since.
In 2018, astronaut Jeanette Epps was preparing to become the fourth African-American woman to travel to space and the very first African-American crew member to live on board the International Space Station . It would have been momentous. Then, six months before the mission, Epps was suddenly removed without explanation.
"I don't know where the decision came from and how it was made, in detail or at what level," Epps said on alater that summer, when she was supposed to be on board the ISS."There's no time to really be concerned about sexism and racism and things like that, because we have to perform. And if it comes into play, then you're hindering the mission, and you're hindering the performance.
Some may take relief in the fact that Epps wasn’t replaced by a white man. Auñón-Chancellor identifies as Latina. Yet, she's one of 12 Hispanic NASA astronauts, and one of two female Hispanic astronauts in the program. We could not find reliable data on the number of Asian-American female astronauts since the program started. In other words, NASA’s track record of investing in women of color astronauts is not exactly solid.
In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first woman of color to go to space—more than two decades after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.
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