Mae Jemison                                                                                                                             By Abraham Siyoum                                                                                                                 Mae Carol Jemison ( born October 17, 1956) is an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. After her medical education and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985, 1987. In the 1960s, there were no female or African-American astronauts in space. Mae was very inspired by Lieutenant Uhura-even if she was just a fictional character.                                                                                                                                                                                   Mae attended high school in Chicago. She excelled in her studies, and when she was only 16 she became a college student at Stanford University in California. Mae graduated form the university with degrees in chemical engineering and African-American studies. But she did not stop there.

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