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An Yin. Jessica Andrea Watkins (born May 14, 1988) is an American NASA astronaut, geologist, aquanaut and former international rugby player. Watkins was announced as the first Black woman who completed an International Space Station long-term mission in April 2022.
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 ...
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 ...
Sian Hayley " Leo " Proctor (28 March 1970, Hagåtña, Guam) is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] As pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew ...
2. Ronald McNair October 21, 1950 †January 28, 1986. First BaháΚΌí in space; died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. STS-41-B (February 3, 1984) STS-51-L (January 28, 1986) [ 2 ] 3. Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941. First African American to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission; acting Administrator of NASA, 2005.
The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA -sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas. Each edition of the bowl has been played at NRG Stadium, previously known as Reliant Stadium. The bowl replaced the defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005, and before that the ...
Known for. First African-American and Native American female aviator. Spouse. Claude Glenn. . . (m. 1917, separated soon after [1]) . Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) [2] was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] and ...
Mary Jackson (née Winston; [1] April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her ...