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Mae Jemison

1956 - Today

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Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) 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 1992. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mae Jemison is the 148th most popular astronaut (down from 138th in 2019), the 5,413th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,261st in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Mae Jemison ranks 148 out of 556. Before her are Rusty Schweickart, Georgy Grechko, Rakesh Sharma, Joseph A. Walker, Joe Engle, and Aleksei Yeliseyev. After her are Charles E. Brady Jr., Dumitru Prunariu, Georgi Ivanov, Gennadi Strekalov, Vitaly Zholobov, and Pavel Vinogradov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mae Jemison ranks 205. Before her are Sean Kelly, Gabriela von Habsburg, Arsenio Hall, Christiana Figueres, Catherine Frot, and Keith David. After her are Peter Schilling, Maurice Cheeks, Douglas Preston, Matthew Garber, Chris Carter, and Choi Soon-sil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mae Jemison ranks 5,413 out of 20,380. Before her are Linda Perry (1965), B.o.B. (1988), Keith David (1956), Charles David Keeling (1928), Harry Guardino (1925), and Mercedes de Acosta (1892). After her are George Catlin (1796), Doyle Brunson (1933), Cecil Taylor (1929), Black Elk (1863), Howard Stern (1954), and Courtney Hodges (1887).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Mae Jemison ranks 71. Before her are Christina Koch (1979), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), and Joe Engle (1932). After her are Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Karen Nyberg (1969), Mike Massimino (1962), Michael Foreman (1957), Paul J. Weitz (1932), and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935).

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