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Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, is making her second trip to the space stationFour astronauts rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he is away.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/spacex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">SpaceX</a> launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/nasa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Nasa</a> after a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s leaking fuel system. Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/spacex-nasa-watkins-launch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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