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The Moon over Star is a 2008 picture book by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a girl, Mae (a nod to African American astronaut Mae Jemison ), who, with her family, follows the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing .
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.
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This episode has a cameo by Mae Carol Jemison, the first Black woman in space, who would become the first astronaut to guest star in a Star Trek series. [2] Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Commander Riker comes face to face with an exact ...
Coleman [13] was born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas, [10] the tenth of 13 children of George Coleman, an African American who may have had Cherokee or Choctaw grandparents, and Susan Coleman, who was African American. [14] [15] Nine of the children survived childhood, which was typical for the time. [14]
Little People, Big Dreams is a series of children's books by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara. The series explores the lives of notable people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. The books are told as a story with illustrations from over 70 different artists.
The book is a children's story in the Beginner Books series, written using a restricted vocabulary of simple words for a readership age of six. The illustrations show a lunar mission concept based on the von Braun and Ley space exploration concepts of 1952 (see Man Will Conquer Space Soon!
Richardson is an aspiring astronaut, and admires Mae Jemison. [3] [4] She cites Jemison's book Find Where the Wind Goes, which she read in the third grade, as the source of her interest in space exploration. [5] At the age of nine she attended Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. [6] She is a member of The Mars Generation. [7]