Facts/videos/quotes

Facts

  • In 1977, Jemison received the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal.

  • She is a trained dancer and was almost never an astronaut for NASA.

  • Jemison never married so she could focus on her career.

  • Jemison went to Stanford for chemical energy when she was 16 years old.

  • She was on an episode of, Star Trek: The Next Generation, as a guest star.

Alabama (2016), Dr. Mae Jemison receiving award from Tuskegee University, Retrieved from: http://www.tucampusdigest.com/2016/10/05/tuskegee-we-have-lift-off/

Videos:

Quotes


  • “Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” - Dr. Mae Jemison

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/vtFh_ir1oJ7ts

  • "Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it." - Dr. Mae Jemison

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/dNUS_CmBtN2Iq

  • "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/eFjJ_byLE6mzf

  • “You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.”

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/DykR_irx5ZPoC
The University of Arizona (2016), Dr. Mae Jemison speaking at TED2016 Marla Aufmuth/TED/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0), Retrieved from:https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-sci/2019/4/8/149238-former-astronaut-mae-jemison-to-speak-at-ua-commencement/
NASA (1992), STS-47 MS Jemison works at SLJ Rack 5 during crew station review at KSC, Retrieved from: https://images.nasa.gov/details-S92-44302
NASA (1992), STS-47 MS Davis & MS Jemison with LBNP device in SLJ module aboard OV-105, Retrieved from: https://images.nasa.gov/details-STS047-46-027