Today for Women’s History Month we honor Mae Carol Jemison. 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 to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.
Credit: @pbs Mae Carol Jemison is an 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.
This week during Women’s History Month, we recognize the groundbreaking achievements of Mae Jemison.
Dr. Jemison made history in 1992 as the first Black woman to travel into space, flying aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Her journey to space was not only a milestone for science and exploration but also a powerful moment of representation and inspiration.
Before becoming an astronaut, Mae Jemison was a physician and served as a Peace Corps medical officer in West Africa. Her career reflects a commitment to service, education, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
Today, she continues to inspire future generations to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to never allow limitations to define their potential.
“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination.” – Mae Jemison
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Take a moment and listen to this message from astronaut Mae Jemison 🙏🏾
Dr. Mae Jemison is a groundbreaking American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut who became the first African American woman to travel into space in 1992. A child prodigy, she entered Stanford University at age 16, earning degrees in chemical engineering and African and African-American studies before receiving her medical degree from Cornell University. Her pre-NASA career was remarkably diverse, including work as a general practitioner and a two-year stint as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia. During her mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, she served as a science mission specialist, conducting vital research on bone loss and weightlessness. Since leaving NASA, Dr. Jemison has continued to advocate for science literacy and currently leads the 100 Year Starship project, an initiative aimed at ensuring the capability for human interstellar travel within the next century.
Mae Jemison = doctor + dancer + astronaut. Mind blown 🚀 #space #history #inspiration
Take a moment and listen to this message from astronaut Mae Jemison 🙏🏾
When @pbs highlights @therealmaejemison, it is bigger than a milestone. It is a reminder of what it means to step into a space the world was not used to seeing you in and change the picture forever.
Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is an engineer, physician, and former astronaut with @nasa. In 1992, she became the 1st African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. That moment was not just about science. It was about possibility.
Because every time someone like @therealmaejemison crosses a boundary, she widens the future for everybody watching.
And what makes her legacy even deeper is that it did not end with the mission. Through work like @100yearstarship, she kept pushing imagination, science, and long-range thinking forward, showing that exploration is not only about where we go, but how boldly we dare to think.
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WATCH: The first black woman to go to space, Dr. Mae Jemison, says the color and gender of astronauts matters 🤡
"The more perspectives we have in space, the better we will do."
Astronaut Mae Jemison’s maiden space flight came with the weeklong September 1992 mission of the shuttle Endeavour.
At that time, she was the only African American woman astronaut.
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A huge thank you to Nicole Cummings @nicolelatrice2 for sharing her trailblazing path to becoming a rocket scientist NASA is leaning on to make history in April.
On Wednesday's show Nicole reflects on the pivotal role her SECME teacher, Mrs. Simmons, played through her persistence in guiding Nicole toward engineering—a path that has now come full circle.
Today, Nicole is paying it forward by bringing STEM opportunities to historically overlooked communities and expanding what the next generation of innovators believes is possible.
Nicole, who is an honoree of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, also speaks about the responsibility of helping to build an engine that will power NASA’s return of humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
The launch is scheduled for April 1.
Thank you Nicole for such a powerful and inspiring conversation.
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.
👩🏾🚀Mae Jemison
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