Jessica Watkins, born May 14, 1988 over here in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a new astronaut candidate for NASA. She got her Bachelor's Degree in geology and environmental sciences from Stanford University and her PhD from University of California, Los Angeles.
She has been involved many projects relating to the study and exploration of Mars including collaborating on the Mars Curiosity rover. She was selected as an astronaut candidate and started her two-year astronaut training in August 2017.
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