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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.
First African American female Spacecraft Pilot, as part of Inspiration4. First African American commercial Astronaut. Inspiration4 (September 16, 2021) 17 Michael Strahan November 21, 1971 First African American space tourist Blue Origin NS-19 (December 11, 2021) 18 Jessica Watkins May 14, 1988
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. [1] [2] [a] While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel.
Sally Ride, joint 120th person and the first American woman in space Guion Bluford, joint 125th person and the first African American in space Bruce McCandless, joint 133rd person in space and the first to perform an untethered EVA Rakesh Sharma, 139th person and the first Indian in space Anna Lee Fisher, joint 155th person and the first mother ...
First female commercial astronaut spaceship pilot [18] [19] First African-American commercial astronaut [20] First African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft [21] Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021) 69 Hayley Arceneaux Dec. 9, 1991 United States: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee, bone cancer survivor, who is now a physician assistant
She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule , Proctor became the first African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft. [ 5 ]
First African-American women to lead a major transportation agency in the U.S. serving on the BART Board of Directors: Carole Ward Allen and Lynette Sweet [297] Venus and Serena Williams First African-American woman U.S. Coast Guard aviator: Jeanine Menze
She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. As of 2022, [update] her 42 days in space are the second most of any female African American astronaut, having been surpassed by Jessica Watkins in 2022.