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OriginalMae Jemison, an engineer and physician, who became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Reason
EV: official portrait of the first black woman to go to space. As far as NASA portraits go, this is one of the nicest I have seen. Great detailed look at her suit and helmet. Her hair also looks really cool.
Articles in which this image appears
Afro-textured hair, Astronaut, List of African-American women in STEM fields, List of astronauts by first flight, List of female spacefarers, Mae Jemison, and Texas Women's Hall of Fame
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA

Promoted File:Mae Carol Jemison.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:27, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]