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Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

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Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She is the first African American woman to travel in space. Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956. She attended Stanford University, where she earned a degree in chemical engineering. She then went on to earn a medical degree from Cornell University. After completing her medical training, Jemison worked as a Peace Corps doctor in Africa. In 1987, she was selected by NASA to become an astronaut. She flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, becoming the first African American woman in space.

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"Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination" - Mae Carol Jemison,  an American engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, 1992.

Mae Jemison was the first African American to go into space.

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Melanin Empowerment remembers some of the most empowering quotes from historical black figures. This design remembers the classic quote from Dr. Mae Jemison

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“The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up.”  —Mae C. Jemison

American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

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