DID YOU KNOW? for April 26 - May 9, 2022:
Did You Know…Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. In 1992 she became the first Black woman to travel into space when she served as a Mission Specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, spending more than a week orbiting the earth and fulfilling dreams that began when she watched Star Trek on television as a youngster.
In October 1986, Jemison was 1 of 15 accepted from some 2,000 applicants to be an astronaut. Jemison completed her training as a Mission Specialist with NASA in 1988. She became an Astronaut Office Representative with the Kennedy Space Center, working to process space shuttles for launching and to verify shuttle software.
Next, she was assigned to support a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan designed to conduct experiments in materials processing and the life sciences. In September 1992, STS-47 Spacelab J became the first successful joint U.S.-Japan space mission.
After completing her NASA mission, she formed the Jemison Group to develop and market advanced technologies. (Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mae Jemison". Encyclopedia Britannica)
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