Mae Carol
Jemison
By:
Lorrayya Williams
She was accepted to Stanford
University and was able to get a scholarship. There, like in high school, she
was heavily involved in dance and theater.
She received her hard earned Bachelor in Chemical engineering in 1977.
Then she attended Cornel University Medical College. While she was there she
was able to travel to Cuba and Kenya. She even worked at a Cambodian Refugee
camp. Mae Jemison Graduated from Medical School. She took an internship at Los
Angeles County/University of Southern
California Medical Center. After that she practiced Medicine. Jemison became a Medical officer with Peace
Corps in Sierra Leone and Liberia. There she taught and did medical research.
She
returned to the United States in 1985. She decided to chase after her dreams of
being an astronaut, so she applied to NASA in 1985. June 4, 1987 she was admitted. Mae Jemison
commenced training. With perseverance and assiduousness, she earned the title
of Science mission specialist. September 12, 1992 after over a year of training
the team flew into space on the Endeavour on mission STS47. When She was in
space, she experimented on the herself
and the team. She was even able to take
her love of dance to space by dancing in space. After 8 days in space she
returned on September 20, 1992. She
received many honorary doctorates. Jemison was awarded the 1988 Essence Science
and Technology Award. In 1993 she resigned from the AstroCorps. Later, Mae
decided to establish the Jemison group. The Jemison group researched,
developed, fashioned advanced technology.
HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH!
Bibliography
"Astronaut Bio:Mae C. Jemison." Astronaut
Bio:Mae C. Jemison. NASA, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
Bio. "Mae C. Jemison Biography." Bio.com.
A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
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