Mae C. Jemison is a pioneer in more ways than one. In 1992, as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Jemison, the first Black female astronaut, also became the first Black woman in ...

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut to travel to space, has always pushed the boundaries of what some people thought possible for her. In her book, “Find Where the Wind Goes ...

Mae C. Jemison's life has been filled with first-time achievements. From an early age, Jemison took an interest in science and astronomy. Her studies culminated with her mission aboard the Endeavor in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Mae C. Jemison, astronaut, physician, engineer and entrepreneur, will deliver the keynote address at the 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at the University at ...

Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, will share her insights and perspective at the University of Delaware’s 2023 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 27, UD President Dennis ...

The first woman of color to go into space and an icon of women's rights and civil rights, Mae C. Jemison will visit campus Feb. 27–28, 2018, as a guest of the Leo Hill Distinguished Leadership Speaker ...

Mae C. Jemison: Mae Jemison was born in nearby Decatur, Ala. in 1956. An academic star from an early age, her parents moved to Chicago for better educational opportunities. She graduated from Stanford ...

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This is the first black women to travel to space. Mae C. Jemison became the first African American women to be admitted into the astronaut program on June 4, 1987. And she made history again on ...

Becoming an astronaut is hard enough, but one woman overcame obstacles to become the first African American woman in space. Born in the 1950s, Jemison would let nothing stop her from becoming one of ...