Mae C. Jemison is a pioneer in more ways than one. In 1992, as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Jemison, the first Black female astronaut, also became the first Black woman in ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Mae ...
Born Oct. 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, and raised in Chicago, Mae Jemison showed a passion and talent for science from early in her childhood. After graduating high school by the age of 16, Jemison ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992 launched on its second mission on Sept. 12 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was a historic mission - on board were the first black woman in space, Mae Jemison; ...
The sky proves no limit in Lukidis’s encouraging biography of Black female astronaut Mae Jemison (b. 1956). Facing pages use mirroring prose to showcase the figure’s twin loves—science and dance—as ...
Dr. Mae Jemison encourages young girls to dream big and never doubt themselves. Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in outer space, fell in love with science at an early age. Decades later, she's ...
One of the best questions that astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison has ever received was from a 12-year-old girl: "How did being a dancer help you be an astronaut?" Jemison, who became the first ...