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Mae Jemison

astronaut, physician, professor, physicist, actor, engineer, children's writer

1956

Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.

All Quotes by Mae Jemison

“I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.”

— Mae Jemison

“I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.”

— Mae Jemison

“Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.”

— Mae Jemison

“When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.”

— Mae Jemison

“Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.”

— Mae Jemison

“In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.”

— Mae Jemison

“I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.”

— Mae Jemison