Jessica Andrea Watkins (amuru May 14, 1988) bu onye na-enyocha mbara igwe nke NASA, ọkà mmụta banyere mbara ala, aquanaut na onye bụbu onye egwuregwu rugby mba ụwa. A mara ọkwa Watkins dị ka nwanyị ojii mbụ nke ga-emecha ọdụ ogologo oge International Space Station na Eprel 2022. A mụrụ Jessica Watkins na Mee 14, 1988 na Gaithersburg, Maryland nye Michael na Carolyn Watkins. Ezinụlọ ya kwagara Lafayette, Colorado, ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Fairview High School . O nwetara nzere bachelọ na sayensị geological na gburugburu ebe obibi na Mahadum Stanford . N'ebe ahụ, ọ bụ onye otu egwuregwu rugby . Mgbe Stanford gasịrị, Watkins nwetara Ph.D. na Geology na Mahadum California, Los Angeles . Nnyocha ya gụsịrị akwụkwọ, n'okpuru nlekọta nke Prọfesọ An Yin, lekwasịrị anya na usoro ntinye maka mbuze na Mars na Ụwa, gụnyere mmetụta nke ọrụ mmiri. Tupu ahọpụtara ya dị ka onye na-enyocha mbara igwe, Watkins bụ onye ọrụ postdoctoral na California Institute of Technology, ebe ọ bụkwa onye na-enye aka nchịkwa na otu egwuregwu basketball ụmụ nwanyị.