Jeanette Epps
Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. Epps currently serves as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and has completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES. She is currently in space for a long duration mission on the ISS, after launch in 4 March 2024, as part of the SpaceX Crew-8 crew.
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Official portrait, September 2009 | |
| Born | Jeanette Jo Epps November 3, 1970 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Le Moyne College (BS) University of Maryland, College Park (MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | Currently in space |
| Selection | NASA Group 20 (2009) |
| Missions | SpaceX Crew-8 (Expedition 70/71) |
Mission insignia | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aerospace engineering |
| Thesis | In-Flight Tracking of Helicopter Rotor Blades with Tabs Using Shape Memory Alloy Actuators (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Inderjit Chopra |
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