Aboard the Aircraft Endeavour, Mae Jemison was very excited as she was making
history being the first African-American women in the space. It didn’t happen
overnight but only after many long years of hard work and training. She was fully
supported and encouraged by her parents, Charlie and Dorothy, however other
people such as her Kindergarten teacher were not supportive but she didn’t let
them stop her from pursing her dreams.
She loved working on science projects in school. After going to medical school,
she provided medical care in several countries. However, in pursuit of his dream
of travelling in space, she applied to NASA and was accepted in June 1987. After
completion of training, she became mission specialist however she waited for
four more years before going to space. The wait was finally over on September
12, 1992. She performed several key experiments in the space such as ways to
control space sickness using “biofeedback” techniques and frog experiment. After
190 hours she landed back at Space Center.
After a year, she resigned from astronaut corps and formed her own company in
order to improve lives of people. She always believed, “Don’t be limited by other
people’s limited imaginations.”