Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Mae Jemison: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Also Known As Mae Carol Jemison
Born October 17, 1956 (age 70) • Decatur • Alabama

Photos and Videos

Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
Who is Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut?
See All Videos and Images →
From outer space to the U.S. Senate
Mark Kelly
American astronaut and United States senator
default image
Scott Kelly
American astronaut
Morgan, Barbara
Barbara Morgan
American teacher and astronaut
Ronald McNair.
Ronald McNair
American physicist and astronaut
Nicollier, Claude
Claude Nicollier
Swiss test pilot and astronaut
default image
Ellison Onizuka
American astronaut
Sally Ride
Sally Ride
American astronaut
Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Wilson
American astronaut
Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa
American astronaut and administrator
Jeff Hoffman, wearing an orange NASA spacesuit, stands beside a U.S. flag and rests one hand on a helmet, posing for an official portrait.
Jeffrey Hoffman
American astronaut
Eileen Collins
Eileen Collins
American astronaut
John W. Young
John W. Young
American astronaut
Kathryn Sullivan
Kathryn Sullivan
American oceanographer and astronaut
The first teacher in space
Christa Corrigan McAuliffe
American educator
Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless
American naval aviator and astronaut
Joseph Kerwin on Skylab 2
Joseph Kerwin
American astronaut and physician
Robert Crippen
Robert Crippen
American astronaut
Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstituting a prepackaged container of food at the crew quarters' ward-room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the space station, 1973.
Owen Garriott
American astronaut
Astronaut Shannon Lucid.
Shannon Wells Lucid
American astronaut
Story Musgrave, 1971.
Story Musgrave
American astronaut and physician

Related Quizzes

M101 (NGC 5457, The Pinwheel Galaxy). Hubble Space Telescope image of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101). Largest most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that has ever been released from Hubble. Created from 1994-2003
Women in Space Quiz
Edwin E. Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) stands on the moon, Apollo 11
Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts