The first black woman was sent to the International Space Station by the company founded by Musk. A group of people were thrown into the air early Wednesday morning, part of a mission called Crew-4, which was using another Dragon rocket to make their ascent. The team is expected to dock at the International Space Station at about 5 PM today. Crew-4 will stay there for 5 months. Like we said. Watkins is the first woman of color to have spent time in space. More than a dozen African-Americans have gone up since Guion Bluford was the first Black person to go up into space in 1983. The previous team, Crew 3, has been doing general upkeep, maintenance and research since November. After Crew-4 settles in, Crew 3 will come back home. In the past 2 years, after getting a major contract with NASA, the company has sent up 26 people into space. That is actually a good thing. The future seems to be up there. He wants to eventually colonize Mars, so he wants to get us up there. There is a commercial aspect too. Blue Origin has started selling private seats for private flights, so space travel is becoming the norm now.