# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jessica-watkins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:20:04.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jessica-watkins"
name: "Jessica Watkins"
slug: "jessica-watkins"
description: "Jessica Andrea Watkins is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut, and former international rugby player. Watkins was announced as the first Black woman to serve on the International Space Station for a long-term mission in April 2022. On June 9, 2022, at 7:38 UTC, she became the Black woman with the most time in space, surpassing Stephanie Wilson's 43 days."
tagline: "US astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jessica_Watkins_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1988-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "astro_watkins"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump