Jeanette J. Epps

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Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. She served as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES. She was part of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission that spent 235 days in space and 232 days on the ISS from launch on March 4, 2024 to return to Earth on October 25, 2024.

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Jeanette Jo Epps
engineer, military flight engineer, astronaut, 

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  • SpaceX Crew-8
    NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station
  • Expedition 70
    70th long-duration stay on the International Space Station
  • Expedition 71
    71st long-duration mission to the International Space Station
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SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps is helped out of Crew Dragon EndeavourSpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps is helped out of Crew Dragon Endeavour
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The crew of SpaceX Crew-8 give thumbs up inside Crew Dragon Endeavour shortly after splashdownThe crew of SpaceX Crew-8 give thumbs up inside Crew Dragon Endeavour shortly after splashdown
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    classorbitSpaceX Crew-8Alexander Grebenkin, Jeanette J. Epps, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classspaceflightExpedition 70Alexander Grebenkin, Andreas Mogensen, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jeanette J. Epps, Konstantin Borisov, Loral O'Hara, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Nikolay Chub, Oleg Kononenko, Satoshi Furukawa, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
    classspaceflight2024Expedition 71Alexander Grebenkin, Jeanette J. Epps, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Nikolay Chub, Oleg Kononenko, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
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