SpaceX unveils crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’

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Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, is making her second trip to the space station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a space station mission that is expected to stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife is expected to give birth while he is away. The report also notes that SpaceX introduced commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for Nasa following a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s leaking fuel system. Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff.

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