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Mae Jemison

American astronaut, doctor and engineer (born )

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, ) 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 Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in and was selected to serve for the STS mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20,

Born in Alabama and raised in Chicago, Jemison graduated from Stanford University with degrees in chemical engineering as well as African and African-American studies.

She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison was a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from until and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA.

Jemison left NASA in and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and through the foundation is the principal of the Year Starship project funded by DARPA.

Jemison also wrote several books for children and appeared on television several times, including in a episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.

Early life and education

Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, ,[1][2] the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née&#;Green).[3] Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.[4][5] The family first lived in Woodlawn and later the Morgan Park neighborhoods.[6] Jemison knew from a young age that she wanted to study science and someday go into space.[7] The television show Star Trek and, in particular, African-American actress Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura further stoked her interest in space.[8][9][10]

Jemison enjoyed studying nature and human physiology, using her observations to learn more about science.

Although her mother encouraged her curiosity[8] and both her parents were supportive of her interest in science, she did not always see the same support from her teachers.[11] When Jemison told a kindergarten teacher she wanted to be a scientist when she grew up, the teacher assumed she meant she wanted to be a nurse.[12] Seeing a lack of female astronauts during the Apollo missions also frustrated Jemison.

She later recalled, "everybody was thrilled about space, but I remember being really really irritated that there were no women astronauts."[7]

Jemison began studying ballet at the age of 8 or 9 and entered high school at 12 years old, where she joined the cheerleading team and the Modern Dance Club.[13][14] Jemison had a great love for dance from a young age.

She learned several styles of dance, including African and Japanese, as well as ballet, jazz, and modern dance. As a child, Jemison had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer.[15] At the age of 14, she auditioned for the leading role of Maria in West Side Story. She did not get the leading role but was selected as a background dancer.[16]

After graduating from Chicago's Morgan Park High School in ,[12] Jemison entered Stanford University at the age of [8] Although she was young to be leaving home for college, Jemison later said it did not faze her because she was "naive and stubborn enough".[8] There were very few other African-American students in Jemison's classes and she continued to experience discrimination from her teachers.[17] In an interview with The Des Moines Register in , Jemison said that it was difficult to go to Stanford at 16 but that her youthful arrogance may have helped her;[18] she asserted that some arrogance is necessary for women and minorities to be successful in a white male dominated society.[18]

At Stanford, Jemison served as head of the Black Students Union.[11] She also choreographed a musical and dance production called Out of the Shadows.[19] During her senior year in college, she struggled with the choice between going to medical school or pursuing a career as a professional dancer after graduation;[20] she graduated from Stanford in , receiving a B.S.

degree in chemical engineering.[1][8] and B.A. degree in African and African-American studies.[21] While at Stanford, she also pursued studies related to her childhood interest in space and first considered applying to NASA.[22]

Medical career

Jemison attended Cornell Medical School and during her training, traveled to Cuba, to conduct a study funded by American Medical Student Association and to Thailand, where she worked at a Cambodian refugee camp.[23][21] She also worked for Flying Doctors stationed in East Africa.[21] During her years at Cornell, Jemison continued to study dance by enrolling in classes at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.[13] After graduating with an M.D.

degree in , she interned at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in , and worked as a general practitioner for Ross–Loos Medical Group.[1][21]

Jemison joined the staff of the Peace Corps in and served as a medical officer until She was responsible for the health of Peace Corps volunteers serving in Liberia and Sierra Leone.[20][1] Jemison supervised the Peace Corps' pharmacy, laboratory, medical staff as well as providing medical care, writing self-care manuals, and developing and implementing guidelines for health and safety issues.

She also worked with the Centers for Disease Control helping with research for various vaccines.[24]

NASA career

Upon returning to the United States after serving in the Peace Corps, Jemison settled in Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles, she entered into private practice and took graduate-level engineering courses.

Inspired by the flights of Sally Ride and Guion Bluford in , Jemison applied to the astronaut program in October [4] After NASA postponed selection of new candidates after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in , Jemison reapplied in She was chosen out of roughly 2, applicants for 15 slots in NASA Astronaut Group 12, the first selected after Challenger.[11] The Associated Press covered her as the "first black woman astronaut" in [25]CBS featured Jemison as one of the country's "most eligible singles" on Best Catches, a television special hosted by Phylicia Rashad and Robb Weller in [26]

Jemison's work with NASA before her shuttle launch included launch support activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and verification of Shuttle computer software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL).[27][28] On September 28, , she was selected to join the STS crew as Mission Specialist 4 and was also designated Science Mission Specialist, a new astronaut role being tested by NASA to focus on scientific experiments.[29]

STS

Main article: STS

Jemison flew her only space mission from September 12 to 20, , as one of the seven-member crew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour,[4][30] on mission STS, a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan, as well as the 50th shuttle mission.[31] Jemison logged hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space and orbited the earth times.[32][33] The crew was split into two shifts with Jemison assigned to the Blue Shift.

Throughout the eight-day mission, she began communications on her shift with the salute "Hailing frequencies open", a quote from Star Trek.[34] Jemison took a poster from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater along with her on the flight.[8][35] She also took a West African statuette[8] and a photo of pioneering aviator Bessie Coleman, the first African American with an international pilot license.[36][8]

STS carried the Spacelab Japan module, a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan that included 43 Japanese and United States life science and materials processing experiments.[29] Jemison and Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri were trained to use the Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE),[37] a technique developed by Patricia S.

Cowings that uses biofeedback and autogenic training to help patients monitor and control their physiology as a possible treatment for motion sickness, anxiety and stress-related disorders.[38][39]

Aboard the Spacelab Japan module, Jemison tested NASA's Fluid Therapy System, a set of procedures and equipment to produce water for injection, developed by Sterimatics Corporation.

She then used IV bags and a mixing method, developed by Baxter Healthcare, to use the water from the previous step to produce saline solution in space.[40] Jemison was also a co-investigator of two bone cell research experiments.[24] Another experiment she participated in was to induce female frogs to ovulate, fertilize the eggs, and then see how tadpoles developed in zero gravity.[41]

Resignation from NASA

Jemison resigned from NASA in March to start a company.[30][20][42] NASA training manager and author Homer Hickam, who had trained Jemison for her flight, later expressed some regret that she had departed.[8]

Post-NASA career

Jemison served on the board of directors of the World Sickle Cell Foundation from to [7] In , she founded The Jemison Group Inc., a consulting firm which considers the sociocultural impact of technological advancements and design.[2][43] Jemison also founded the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence and named the foundation in honor of her mother.[44] One of the projects of the foundation is The Earth We Share, a science camp for students aged 12 to Founded in ,[45] camps have been held at Dartmouth College, Colorado School of Mines, Choate Rosemary Hall and other sites in the United States,[44] as well as internationally in South Africa, Tunisia, and Switzerland.[46] The Dorothy Jemison Foundation also sponsors other events and programs, including the Shaping the World essay competition, Listening to the Future (a survey program that targets obtaining opinions from students), Earth Online (an online chatroom that allows students to safely communicate and discuss ideas on space and science), and the Reality Leads Fantasy Gala.[47]

Jemison was a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College from to where she directed the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries.[45][48] In , she also became an Andrew D.

White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.[45][49] Jemison continues to advocate strongly in favor of science education and getting minority students interested in science.[50] She is a member of various scientific organizations, such as the American Medical Association, the American Chemical Society, the Association of Space Explorers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[27]

In , Jemison founded BioSentient Corp and obtained the license to commercialize AFTE, the technique she and Mohri tested on themselves during STS[38][39]

In , Jemison made the winning bid for the DARPA Year Starship project through the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence.

The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence was awarded a $, grant for further work. The new organization maintained the organizational name Year Starship. Jemison is the current principal of the Year Starship.[51]

In , she collaborated with Bayer Crop Science and National 4-H Council for the initiative named Science Matters which was aimed at encouraging young children to understand and pursue agricultural sciences.[52][53]

Books

Jemison's first book, Find Where the Wind Goes (), is a memoir of her life written for children.[2][54] She describes her childhood, her time at Stanford, in the Peace Corps and as an astronaut.[55]School Library Journal found the stories about her earlier life to be the most appealing.[55]Book Report found that the autobiography gave a realistic view into her interactions with her professors, whose treatment of her was not based on her intelligence but on stereotypes of woman of color.[56]

Her A True Book series of four children's books published in is co-authored with Dana Meachen Rau.[57] Each book in the series has a "Find the Truth" challenge, true or false questions answers to which are revealed at the end of the story.[57]School Library Journal found the series to be "properly tantalizing surveys" of the Solar System but criticized the inclusion of a few outdated theories in physics and astronomy.[58]

Public profile

LeVar Burton learned that Jemison was an avid Star Trek fan and asked her if she would be interested in being on the show.

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    • In , Jemison appeared as Lieutenant Palmer in "Second Chances", an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, becoming the first real-life astronaut to appear on Star Trek.[59][60]

    From to , Jemison was appointed an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.[61][62]

    Jemison is an active public speaker who appears before private and public groups promoting science and technology.

    "Having been an astronaut gives me a platform," says Jemison, "but I'd blow it if I just talked about the Shuttle." Jemison uses her platform to speak out on the gap in the quality of health-care between the United States and the Third World, saying that "Martin Luther King [Jr.]&#; didn't just have a dream, he got things done."[63] Jemison has also appeared as host and technical consultant of the science series World of Wonder which aired on the Discovery Channel from to [64][65]

    In , Jemison participated in African American Lives, a PBS television miniseries hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., that traces the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical research and genetic techniques.[66] Jemison found to her surprise that she is 13% East Asian in her genetic makeup.[66] She also learned that some of her paternal ancestors were slaves at a plantation in Talladega County, Alabama.[67]

    Jemison participated in the Red Dress Heart Truth fashion show, wearing Lyn Devon, during the New York Fashion Week to help raise money to fight heart disease.[68] In May of the same year, she was the graduation commencement speaker and only the 11th person in the year history of Harvey Mudd College to be awarded an honorary degree.[69]

    On February 17, , Jemison was the featured speaker for the th anniversary of the founding of the Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority established by African-American college women.

    Jemison paid tribute to Alpha Kappa Alpha by carrying the sorority's banner with her on her shuttle flight. Her space suit is a part of the sorority's national traveling Centennial Exhibit. Jemison is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.[70]

    Jemison participated with First Lady Michelle Obama in a forum for promising girls in the Washington, D.C.

    public schools in March [71]

    In , Jemison also appeared at Wayne State University for their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Luncheon.[72] In , she partnered with Bayer Corporation to promote and advance science literacy in schools, emphasizing hands-on experimentation.[73]

    She took part in the Michigan State University's lecture series, "Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey", in February [74] In May , Jemison gave the commencement speech at Rice University.[75] She discussed the Year Plan, science and education and other topics at Western Michigan University also in May [76]

    In , LEGO released the "Women of NASA" set, with minifigures of Jemison, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride, and Nancy Grace Roman.[77][78] The Google Doodle on March 8, (International Women's Day) featured a quote from Jemison: "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."[79]

    Personal life

    Jemison built a dance studio in her home and has choreographed and produced several shows of modern jazz and African dance.[4][20][80]

    In the spring of , Jemison filed a complaint against a Texas police officer, accusing him of police brutality during a traffic stop that ended in her arrest.

    She was pulled over by Nassau Bay police officer Henry Hughes for allegedly making an illegal U-turn and arrested after Hughes learned of an outstanding warrant on Jemison for a speeding ticket.[81] In the process of arresting her, the officer twisted her wrist and forced her to the ground, as well as having her walk barefooted from the patrol car into the police station.[81][82] In her complaint, Jemison said the officer physically and emotionally mistreated her.[83] Jemison's attorney said she believed she had already paid the speeding ticket years ago.[81] She spent several hours in jail and was treated at an area hospital after release for deep bruises and a head injury.[84] The Nassau Bay officer was suspended with pay pending an investigation,[85] but the police investigation cleared him of wrongdoing.[82] She filed a lawsuit against the city of Nassau Bay and the officer.[84]

    Honors and awards

    Institutions

    • Mae C.

      Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, Illinois[86]

    • Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit, Michigan[30][86]
    • Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, Illinois[]
    • Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter school in Baltimore, Maryland[] (closed in )[]
    • Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West, a Middle/High School in Baltimore, Maryland
    • Jemison High School, Huntsville, Alabama[]

    Honorary doctorates

    • Doctor of Letters, Winston-Salem College, North Carolina[27]
    • Doctor of Science, Lincoln College, Pennsylvania[27]
    • Doctor of Humanities, Princeton University[]
    • Doctor of Science, Wilson College, North Carolina[]
    • Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College[]
    • Doctor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College[69]
    • Doctor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[]
    • Doctor of Humanities, DePaul University[][]
    • Doctor of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU[]
    • Doctor of Humane Letters, Florida Southern College[98]
    • Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Arizona[]
    • Doctor Honoris Causa, KU Leuven[]
    • Doctor of Science, Washington University in St.

      Louis[]

    • Doctor of Science, Clarkson University[]
    • Doctor of Engineering, University College Dublin[]

    Filmography

    Publications

    • Jemison, Mae (). Find where the wind goes: moments from my life.

      New York: Scholastic. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;

    • Jemison, Mae (). the Future: Science, Engineering and Education(PDF). Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College. p.&#; ERIC ED
    • She contributed the piece "Outer Space: The Worldly Frontier" to the anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.[]
    • Jemison, Mae; Rau, Dana Meachen ().

      Journey Through Our Solar System (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and Year Starship). Scholastic. ISBN&#;.

    • Jemison, Mae; Rau, Dana Meachen (). Discovering New Planets (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and Year Starship). Scholastic. ISBN&#;.
    • Jemison, Mae; Rau, Dana Meachen (). Exploring Our Sun (True Books: Dr.

      Mae Jemison and Year Starship). Scholastic.

      Mae c jemison biography Retrieved October 15, In all, she spent more than hours in space before returning to Earth on September 20, San Diego Tribune. I was the person that was there.

      ISBN&#;.

    • Jemison, Mae; Rau, Dana Meachen (). The Year Starship (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and Year Starship). Scholastic. ISBN&#;.

    See also

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