Mae Jemison
Sign in to saveAmerican doctor and NASA astronaut
AI overview
Mae Jemison is an American doctor who became a NASA astronaut, combining medical expertise with space exploration. She matters because she represents a pioneering achievement in the space program and demonstrates how professionals from different fields can contribute to advancing human spaceflight.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1956-10-17
- Works
- 8
Top works
- 100 Year Starship 2012 Symposium Conference Proceedings
- First Ten Years
- Canopus Award Anthology
- Women and GIS, Volume 3
- Exploring Our Sun (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Decatur, Alabama, USA
Known for
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Skipster (voice)2023
- Woman in Motion — Self (archive footage)2021
- One Strange Rock — Self - Astronaut (archive footage)2018
- One Strange Rock — Self - Astronaut2018
- No Gravity — Self2011
- 40 Years of Star Trek — Self2006
- How William Shatner Changed the World — Self2005
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self1996
Article
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.
Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering and African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison served as a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA.
Gallery (8)
Connections
Categories
1956 births20th-century African-American academics20th-century African-American medical doctors20th-century American academics20th-century American engineers20th-century American medical doctors20th-century American women engineers21st-century African-American medical doctors21st-century African-American scientists21st-century African-American women writers21st-century African-American writers