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Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, [1] [2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green). [3] Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.
Mae Jemison October 17, 1956 First African-American woman in space STS-47 (September 12, 1992) [2] 6 Bernard A. Harris Jr. June 26, 1956 First African American to walk in space STS-55 (April 26, 1993) STS-63 (February 3, 1995) [2] 7 Winston E. Scott August 6, 1950 Veteran of three spacewalks STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-87 (November 19, 1997 ...
The group's informal nickname is an acronym for "George Abbey Final Fifteen". [58]Of this group, Mae Jemison would become the first female African-American in space, [59] Bruce Melnick the first Coast Guard aviator in space, [60] while Michael Foale would fly aboard the Mir space station. [37]
The Hoosier Cosmic Celebration at Indiana University on April 8 will include Janelle Monae, William Shatner and NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison.
This is a list of the inductees to the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, in the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. [1]
She named her brooches a "personal diplomatic arsenal." Come May, some parts of this "arsenal" will head to auction at Freeman's | Hindman. The collection–comprised of Albright's hallmark pins ...
It is named for Mae Jemison, a native of nearby Decatur, Alabama who was the first African-American female astronaut. [ 2 ] The school is built on the same campus as McNair Junior High School, which is named for the late Ronald McNair , the second African-American astronaut in space, who was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger .
All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead – a grim tragedy that has left a heartbreaking ...