AP African American Studies Guide

A color photograph of Mae Jemison, a Black woman, wearing an astronaut's uniform (yellow shirt with mission patch, blue cargo pants, grey slippers) aboard the space shuttle. She is floating in zero gravity, surrounded by science stations.

Source: STS-47 Mission Specialist Mae C. Jemison floating in the Science Module aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1992 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Mae Jemison Works at Zero Gravity (1992)

AP African American Studies Guide

A photograph of Dr. Mae C. Jemison aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour (1992)

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