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Jeanette Epps was going to be the first Black crew member to fly to space with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and live at the International Space Station, for a five-month expedition. Then she was removed and replaced by her crew backup, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, in January 2018. Months later, Epps still doesn’t know why she replaced.

For the first time, NASA is sending a Black astronaut to the international space station. Jeanette Epps, a former CIA technical intelligence officer and member of NASA’s 20th class of astronauts, will head to the space station veteran astronaut Andrew Feustel in 2018.