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Tuesday Afternoon

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Mon Jun 23, 2014, 01:26 PM Jun 2014

First black woman in space rejects all norms

Mae Jemison talks her rise to the stars.


Mae Jemison
Physician
Mae Carol Jemison is an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. Wikipedia
Born: October 17, 1956 (age 57), Decatur, AL
Space missions: STS-47
Space time: 7d 22h 30m
Nationality: American
Education: Cornell University (1981), Stanford University (1977), Morgan Park High School (1973)
Parents: Dorothy Green, Charlie Jemison

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First black woman in space rejects all norms (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 OP
Nice find ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #1
loving it, thanks ... Awesome Women !! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #2
She's also the only actual astronaut to appear in a Star Trek episode. arcane1 Jun 2014 #3
Thanks for this discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2014 #4
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
3. She's also the only actual astronaut to appear in a Star Trek episode.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jun 2014

At least she was at the time, I'm not sure if that record still holds

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