'I'm a NASA astronaut and this is what it's really like to be in space without showers'

Joan Higginbotham became the third African American woman to go into space in December 2006 after waiting almost two decades to reach her long-held ambition View 7 Images Joan Higginbotham was the third African American woman to go into space (Image: DAILY MIRROR)

An ex-NASA astronaut who waited for nearly 20 years to be allowed to blast off into orbit has revealed what’s it’s really like in space – and what she really thinks of Blue Origin passenger, Lauren Sanchez. ‌

Joan Higginbotham, 60, became only the third African American woman to go into space when she spent 12 days on board Space Shuttle Discovery in December 2006. ‌

The determined electrical engineer, who's now an Astronaut Ambassador for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, revealed how meal