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Months after the SpaceX Crew-4 officially ended their space exhibition, family, friends and colleagues of Jessica Watkins—the first Black woman to join a space station exhibition—spoke with several news outlets to expand on Watkinss achievements and build-up of her career. During Watkins and her crew’s time orbiting the planet, the team worked closely with Russian astronauts, which stood as an intriguing geopolitical advancement as Russia dealt with strained relations with the United States due to their warfare on Ukraine.

Jessica Watkins: the first Black woman on the space station crew

Mia Kirkwood, Opinions Editor
March 2, 2023
The idea of ordinary citizens going to space will attract the younger generations to space exploration, potentially blasting off the industry. It has grown exponentially in the past 20 years after the Space Shuttle program ended. Private companies, such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, took over the industry, developing their own technology and rockets. Commercial space travel will entice and help the idea of space for younger generations.

Commercial space travel blasts off

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
December 7, 2022
“I think the reusable technology on the Crew-2 launch is a smart investment by NASA and SpaceX. I can see it benefiting the world in a lot of ways, not only can space travel be possible for average people one day but being able to find resources and room on other planets for colonization could be part of a solution to the ongoing problems on our own planet,” said junior Bryan Casalini. Earth issues including global warming and overconsumption led companies like SpaceX to seek out solutions in space. Although commercial spaceflight and interplanetary colonization sits far outside of people’s paychecks, cheapening spaceflight through reusability also reduces the amount of resources required by rockets and spacecraft.

SpaceX sends first manned mission on a reused rocket

Elijah Pacis, Reporter
May 17, 2021
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