Dr. Mae Jemison talking with students from Decatur, Alabama, at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.
Jemison, a medical doctor and astronaut, was the first African American woman to travel to space. She was a crew member aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, which launched in September 1992. (Jemison was born in Decatur but raised in Chicago, Illinois.)
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic |
| Published: |
Alabama Department of Archives and History
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/141860 |
| Summary: | Jemison, a medical doctor and astronaut, was the first African American woman to travel to space. She was a crew member aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, which launched in September 1992. (Jemison was born in Decatur but raised in Chicago, Illinois.) |
|---|