Mae Jemison

In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to go into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. During her 8-day missing she worked with U.S. and Japanese researchers, and was a co-investigator on a bone cell experiment. Dr. Jemison was also the first former NASA astronaut to actually appear on any of […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: MAE JEMISON CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER

Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut to fly to space in 1992, has made history again. Jemison was selected as the winner of the latest challenge by DARPA – the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – under the Pentagon. Jemison and her crew of experts have been awarded a $500,000 seed grant to begin […]

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: MAE JEMISON