Mae Jemison Timeline

Mae Jemison Timeline

D.O.B.

• 1956- Mae Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama to Charlie and Dorothy Jemison.

Did "ya" know?

• 1959- When Mae was only three her family moved to Chicago, Illinois.

NAME: Mae C. Jemison

OCCUPATION:Astronaut, Doctor, Scientist

BIRTH DATE:October 17, 1956 (Age: 57)

Did You Know?: In 1987, Mae C. Jemison became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program. Soon after, she became the first African-American female astronaut.

Did You Know?: In 1992, Mae C. Jemison became the first African-American woman in space, traveling aboard the Endeavour.

EDUCATION: Morgan Park High School, Stanford University, Cornell University Medical College

PLACE OF BIRTH: Decatur, Alabama

Full Name: Mae Carol Jemison

AKA: Mae C. Jemison

AKA: Mae Jemison

ZODIAC SIGN:Libra

Mae Jemison Timeline

High School

Currently

Mae Jemison is currently still living. She lives in Houston, Texas with her pet cats and teaches at colleges and other schools once in a while to share her knowledge.

1973-Mae was an exceptional student; especially in high school. In 1973 Mae graduated from Morgan Park High School in Chicago as an honor student. Did I mention that she was only sixteen when she graduated.

Introduction: Mae Jemison is known as the first African-American woman to fly into space. She is also known for the first woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program. She has influenced many people by showing that you can do anything regardless of your ethnicity. She also has shown that you can be anything you want to be in life like as long as you work hard and never give up. She's shown that your dreams are never to big and too hard to fulfill. She was the first African American woman to be an astronaut and that was a big accomplishment for the black community.

Making History Again

Stanford Career/College Career

1988- She became the first African-American female astronaut, earning the title of science mission specialist after more than a year of training.

1992- When Jemison finally flew into space on September 12, 1992, aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47, she became the first African-American woman in space. During her eight days in space, she did experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew and herself.

1973- Mae Jemison enrolled into Stanford University at age sixteen.

1977- Four years later in 1977, Mae graduated from Stanford with a degree in a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering.

1981- Right after she graduated from Stanford she entered Cornell University Medical College. She obtained her M.D. after there for four years.

Making History...

1985 -In October of 1985, she applied for admission to NASA's astronaut training program after making a career change. The Challenger incident delayed the selection process. But when she reapplied the next year she was one of the fifteen canidants chosen from a group of 2,000.

1987- On June 4, 1987, she became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program.