Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her ...

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to go on such a mission, revealed details about her 1992 Space Shuttle Endeavor keepsakes to a riveted mostly black audience gathered at SAP’s ...

One of the best questions that astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison has ever received was from a 12-year-old girl: ... And we’re very physical beings, so dance is a way of physically exploring the world.” ...

Mae Jemison: I always knew I would go to space, and I always assumed I would be a scientist. I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography ...

Dancing with Apollo and Uhura. Mae Jemison was born October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. The family moved to Chicago when she was three in search of better schools, ...

Mae Jemison, born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, is a trailblazing American astronaut, physician, and engineer. ... Mae Jemison carried with her a piece of historical significance into ...

Mae Jemison in orbit in 1992 Best known as the first black woman to go into space, Mae Jemison has done much more in her remarkable career as an engineer, doctor and science ambassador. Now, she ...

Dr. Mae Jemison made history when she became the first woman of color to travel to space. It was her background as a dancer that showed her how the arts and sciences are more connected than we ...

Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years.