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 ...

From the time Mae Jemison was a little girl, she was convinced that she would go to space. No one could tell her otherwise. She was sure that space travel would be as common as air travel by the ...

On 12 September 1992, Endeavour blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. One of the crew, Mission Specialist Four Mae Jemison, was making history. As the rockets fired against the Florida ...

We are all familiar with the trope, “You must work twice as hard to be equal.” Mission Specialist Mae’s accomplishments, like ...

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 ...

Being the first to do anything in this world, is a trailblazing and pioneering act. As the first African American woman to travel to space, Mae Jemison broke boundaries, paved paths, and served as ...

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.

Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space in 1992 proving that the sky is never the limit for future dreams and possibilities Thanks to Taylor Harris, a 12th Grader at Airline ...

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Read full article ... of this world and learning about Astronaut Mae Jemison. In 1992, Jemison flew onboard the Space ...

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 ...