By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated April 28, 2022
Thanks to Jessica Watkins we are one more step closer to a true Afrofuturistic reality.
Watkins, 33, a geologist from Colorado, made history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black woman launched into space for an extended mission on the International Space Station. She is only the fifth Black woman to travel to space.
Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black astronaut to travel to space in 1983. Mae
