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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 ...
Roberta Bondar. Roberta Lynn Bondar CC OOnt FRCPC FRSC ( / ˈbɒndər /; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine research team collaborating with NASA, Bondar became a ...
978-0-06-274246-9. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race is a 2018 picture book by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, illustrated by Laura Freeman. The picture book is adapted from Shetterly's 2016 non-fiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win ...
Christina Koch. Christina Hammock Koch ( / kʊk / COOK; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. [3]
Children. 2. Gwynne Shotwell ( née Rowley; born November 23, 1963 [1]) is an American businesswoman and engineer. She is the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, an American space transportation company, where she is responsible for day-to-day operations and company growth. [2] As of 2023, Shotwell is listed as the 31st most ...
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
Mission insignia. Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) [1] is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. As of 2022, her 42 days in space are the second most of any female African American astronaut ...
The Mother’s Day visitation hub replicates exhibitions at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan NEW YORK (AP) — It’s probably the […] The post NYC’s Rikers Island jail opens kid-friendly ...