1st African-American woman to go to ISS will launch in 2018
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the first African-American crew member to board the International Space Station (ISS) when she flies to the orbital post in May 2018. She would be accompanied by veteran astronaut Andrew Feustel, who made his first trip to the ISS in 2011. More than 200 astronauts have visited the space station till date.