NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Visits Howard University

NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Visits Howard University

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins gives a presentation about her time in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins receives an award after giving a presentation about her time in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68, Friday, March 31, 2023, at Howard University. 

Howard University student Nathan Roseboro gives NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins a demonstration of his work with lasers during a tour of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Detector Laboratory at Howard University.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins poses for a photo with a student after giving a presentation about her time in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins answers a question after giving a presentation about her time in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68.

Howard University students Elise Turner, left, and Kaie Hall, center, give NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins a tour of a biology laboratory at Howard University.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins tours a biology laboratory after giving a presentation.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins presents Howard University Professor, Dr. Prabhakar Misra, left, and Howard University Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dr. Quinton Williams, right, with a montage from her time as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins gave a presentation about her time in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 on the International Space Station, Friday, March 31, 2023, during a visit to Howard University in Washington. 

Jessica Watkins Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jessica-watkins/biography

Howard University

Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. It offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in more than 120 programs, more than any other historically black college or university (HBCU) in the nation. [Wikipedia]

Website: https://howard.edu

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Image Date: March 31, 2023

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