Mae C. Jemison
By: Hannah Brown
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Who is Mae C. Jemison?
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
Mae C. Jemison was the first African American woman to go to space.
After leaving NASA in '93, she founded the Jemison Group which encourages science, technology, and social change.
Majored at Stanford University for chemical engineering and African and African American studies.
Also went to Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences earning a doctorate degree in medicine.
NASA (1992), Official portrait of STS-47 Mission Specialist Mae C. Jemison in LES, Retrieved from: https://images.nasa.gov/details-S92-40463.html
NASA (1987), Official portrait of 1987 astronaut candidate Mae C. Jemison, Retrieved from: https://images.nasa.gov/details-s87-45893
NASA (1992), STS-47 Endeavour, OV-105, official crew portrait, Retrieved from: https://images.nasa.gov/details-S47-S-002
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