She later recalled, "everybody was thrilled about space, but I remember being really really irritated that there were no women astronauts." Seeing a lack of female astronauts during the Apollo missions also frustrated Jemison. 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. Although her mother encouraged her curiosity and both her parents were supportive of her interest in science, she did not always see the same support from her teachers. Jemison enjoyed studying nature and human physiology, using her observations to learn more about science. The television show Star Trek and, in particular, African-American actress Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura further stoked her interest in space. Jemison knew from a young age that she wanted to study science and someday go into space. The family first lived in Woodlawn and later the Morgan Park neighborhoods. 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. Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison ( née Green). She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame. Jemison also wrote several books for children and appeared on television several times, including in a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and through the foundation is the principal of the 100 Year Starship project funded by DARPA. Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA. Jemison was a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.īorn 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 became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
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