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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 ...
For the Capitol rioter, see Jessica Marie Watkins. For the cricketer, see Jess Watkin. 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.
First African American female Spacecraft Pilot, as part of Inspiration4. First African American commercial Astronaut. Inspiration4 (September 16, 2021) 17 Jessica Watkins May 14, 1988 First African American woman to be an ISS expedition crew member SpaceX Crew-4 (April 27, 2022) 18 Jaison Robinson September 25, 1980 Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4 ...
By Steve Gorman. (Reuters) - NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team ...
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 ...
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, having been ...
Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. [ 4][ 5] She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA ...
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 ...