The Expedition 70 crew on the International Space Station is eagerly anticipating the arrival of four new crewmates.

Women at NASA, an initiative that highlights the perspectives, stories, and achievements of women at NASA, tweeted about astronaut Jeanette Epps, who made history during her first spaceflight.

Epps was selected by NASA in 2009 as an astronaut and completed rigorous astronaut candidate training that included scientific and technical briefings, spacewalk training, robotics, T-38 flight training, and wilderness survival training.

Prior to joining NASA, Epps was a NASA Fellow during graduate school and authored several journal and conference articles describing her research.

She also worked for Ford Motor Company where she authored a provisional patent and a U.S. patent for her research.

Epps then joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for seven years as a Technical Intelligence Officer before becoming an astronaut.

She served in the ISS Operations Branch, working on issues supporting space station crews. Dr. Epps trained for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station and is currently a mission specialist for the mission launch in March 2024.

Astronaut @Astro_Jeanette is preparing to launch into #WomensHistoryMonth on her first spaceflight! Liftoff of the #Crew8 mission to the @Space_Station is targeted for 10:53pm ET (0353 UTC March 4). Watch here: https://t.co/ZbLQvCN659 pic.twitter.com/pnUMfpAzKd

— Women@NASA (@WomenNASA) March 3, 2024

.@NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is a mission specialist for the @SpaceX #Crew8 mission. She beacame an astronaut in 2009 and is making her first spaceflight. Meet the crew... https://t.co/BV2y9Focbe pic.twitter.com/f7XS3Gv3CI

— International Space Station (@Space_Station) March 4, 2024