Black joy is about 'manifesting the joy that you need, deserve, or desire,' says Kleaver Cruz of The Black Joy Project.
. Nearly 30 years later, history is being made again with NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who is set to become the first Black woman that will be part of an International Space Station crew.
This April, Watkins will be making her journey into the great unknown alongside NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines, and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency. They'll be departing Earth on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, and they're not expected to return until six months later, when they finish their mission known as Crew-4.
Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman set to be a part of an International Space Station crew, displays Black joy as she poses for a picture in front of a plane.“We are building on the foundation that was laid by the Black women astronauts who have come before me,” she said. “I’m definitely honored to be a small part of that legacy, but ultimately be an equal member of the crew.”
Watkins is currently getting ready for her journey into space as tensions continue to arise between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine. However, she says that Crew-4 can show how cooperative everyone can be since the U.S portion of the international space station is docked in the Russian segment. “We are all coming together to accomplish this really hard thing that none of us would be able to do on our own,” Watkins said. “I think that is just such a beautiful picture of what we can all do if we come together and put all of our resources and skill sets together.”
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