NASA taps first woman to lead human spaceflight

Deutsche Welle

Published 13 Jun 2020

The US space agency has named a veteran NASA engineer to lead America's return to the moon. She was in charge of the first ever commercial spaceflight last month, when a SpaceX rocket brought two astronauts to the ISS.

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NASA taps first woman to lead human spaceflight

NASA taps first woman to lead human spaceflight

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