No, you can’t. But you can have a lot more—and do a lot more—than you think. Jemison, who holds degrees in engineering and medicine, went to space on the Endeavour in 1992. Back to Firsts ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Dr. Mae Jemsion became the first woman of color in space when STS-47 launched from Kennedy Space Center in 1992. She explains what going to space meant to her.

From the time Mae Jemison was a little girl, she was convinced that she would go to space. No one could tell her otherwise. She was sure that space travel would be as common as air travel by the ...

One of the crew, Mission Specialist Four Mae Jemison, was making history. As the rockets fired against the Florida launch pad, Jemison was on her way to becoming the first woman of colour and ...