MAE C. JEMISON (Born 1956) is an Astronaut and Doctor who became the first African American woman to travel in space with the Endeavour Space Shuttle Mission on September 12, 1992. She applied for the astronaut program at NASA in 1987 and was one of the 15 people chosen out of over 2,000 applications. She left NASA in 1993 after serving as an astronaut for six years. Jemison is a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. She has been inducted into the Texas Science Hall of Fame, the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the National Medical Association Hall of Fame, and the International Space Hall of Fame.
