Note: Only forum leaders may delete posts.
*HTML is ON *UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend
Smilies Legend
[i]NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps reiterated today that she does not know why she was removed from her mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Epps was training in Russia for the Expedition 56/57 mission that launched in June on Soyuz MS-09 when she was informed that she would not fly after all. She was replaced by Serena Auñón-Chancellor. Epps would have been the first African-American on a long-duration ISS expedition mission. Speaking at a CSIS event this evening, she said her removal was a "management decision" that she does not yet understand and "we are still working through it." Asked if it was racially motivated or if the Russians were involved, she emphasized that her training was going well and her work with the Russians was "very friendly and very warm. … I wouldn't say that the Russians had anything to do with this. … In my opinion I don't think that they did. Whether race played an issue, I don't know what's in the mind of other people, I can't say that, oh, definitely, or anything like that. So I'm not quite sure of the reasons myself. I do see a lot in the media of people speculating, but it is all speculation at this point." She has not been assigned to another mission yet, but is hopeful that's in her future.[/i]
Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts
Copyright 1999-2024 collectSPACE. All rights reserved.