Mae Jemison has inspired countless African American girls to dream bigger. Mae Jemison, born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, is a trailblazing American astronaut, physician, and engineer.

An curved arrow pointing right. Dr. Mae Jemsion became the first woman of color in space when STS-47 launched from Kennedy Space Center in 1992. She explains what going to space meant to her.

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One of the crew, Mission Specialist Four Mae Jemison, was making history ... “Not necessarily as an astronaut; I thought because we were on the moon when I was 11 or 12 years old that we ...

Mae Jemison was born October 17 ... Lieutenant Uhura was her chief inspiration for becoming an astronaut. She fell in love with dancing at age eleven and took lessons in many different styles.

Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her ...

Mae Jemison's historic spaceflight as the first African American woman in space inspired Taraji P. Henson's portrayal in ...

It’s Black History Month! Gayle Anderson reports from the California Science Center about the development of the new Samuel ...

Preschool STEAM: Mae Jemison — 11:15 a.m. to noon, Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Celebrate ...

The animated comedy from producer Conan O'Brien follows an astronaut (voiced by Olan Rogers ... detailing the story of eight astronauts, such as Mae C. Jemison (pictured here) who offer their ...

No, you can’t. But you can have a lot more—and do a lot more—than you think. Jemison, who holds degrees in engineering and medicine, went to space on the Endeavour in 1992. Back to Firsts ...