NASA Removes First African-American Set For Space Station Flight
Style Magazine Newswire | 2/2/2018, 8:02 a.m.
astronaut Jeanette Epps
Source: Patch.com
Jeanette Epps was set to make history that's out of this world. Just last year after it was announced she would be part of this summer's crew headed to the International Space Station, it was also realized she would become the first African-American to visit the ISS. That all changed late Thursday, though, when NASA released a statement Epps was bumped from the voyage for another astronaut. Epps was scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan this June for a 143-day stay in space as part of Expedition 56/67. NASA announced Thursday that astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor would replace Epps, Auñón-Chancellor had been assigned to an ISS flight scheduled for launch in November, according to a report by CBS News. Astronaut Anne McClain will take Auñón-Chancellor's place on the November flight. A press release from NASA stated Epps will return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "to assume duties in the Astronaut Office and be considered for assignment to future missions."
