New Astronaut Jessica Watkins May Become First Woman On Moon And / Or Mars

Planetary Scientist Jessica Watkins, Youngest Member Of Recently Graduated NASA Astronaut Candidate Group 22 Dubbed ‘The Turtles’ And 10th Stanford Woman Astronaut, Is Experienced In Off-World Simulation Habitats From Time In Mars Society Desert Research Station In Utah, NASA Desert Research And Technology Studies In Arizona And Researching Lunar Conditions In NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operation) Underwater Research Station ‘Aquarius Reef Base’ On Sea Floor Off Florida Coast; Watkins Tells Nature She Is Currently Studying “Lunar Geology And What It’s Going To Be Like On The Surface”

Credits: NASA, Bill Ingalls, SPC, ILOA