CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When NASA and SpaceX send the Crew-1 mission into orbit on Sunday, one of the astronauts on board will be Dr.
Shannon Walker – who will be making history as the first female to lift off from American soil since the shuttle mission ended.Dr.
Walker will be the mission specialist for the Crew-1 mission. This will be her second long-duration mission aboard the ISS.NASA said that they selected Walker to be an astronaut in 2004.In 2010, she served as Flight Engineer for Expedition 24/25, a long-duration mission aboard the ISS that lasted 163 days.