Jewish American Jessica Meir commands new crew on ISS

Compiled by Christine DeSouza

Early in January, International Space Station's Crew-11 were medically evacuated from the space station. Crew-12, comprised of a team of four, arrived on Feb. 14 to continue the months-long research mission. One of those Crew-12 members is Jewish American astronaut Jessica Meir, who serves as the crew's commander of Expedition 74/75.

Meir and her crewmates - American Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev - blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and arrived at the space station 34 hours la...