| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
| Image # : |
92-HC-641 |
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| Date : |
09/15/1992
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Title
Female Astronauts
Full Description
Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison
(right) were mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission.
Born on November 1, 1953 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Dr. N. Jan
Davis received a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983
followed by a Doctorate in Engineering from the University of
Alabama in Huntsville in 1985. In 1979 she joined NASA Marshall
Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer. A veteran of
three space flights, Dr. Davis has logged over 678 hours in
space since becoming an astronaut in 1987. She flew as a
mission specialist on STS-47 in 1992 and STS-60 in 1994, and was
the payload commander on STS-85 in 1997. In July 1999, she
transferred to the Marshall Space Flight Center, where she
became Director of Flight Projects.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space,
was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama but considers
Chicago, Illinois her hometown. She received a Bachelor degree
in Chemical Engineering (and completed the requirements for a
Bachelor degree in African and Afro-American studies) at
Stanford University in 1977, and a Doctorate degree in medicine
from Cornell University in 1981. After receiving her doctorate,
she worked as a General Practitioner while attending graduate
engineering classes in Los Angeles. She was named an astronaut
candidate in 1987, and flew her first flight as a science
mission specialists on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in September 1992,
logging 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space. In March
1993, Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA, thought she still resides
in Houston, Texas. She went on to publish her memoirs, Find
Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life, in 2001.
The astronauts are shown preparing to deploy the lower body
negative pressure (LBNP) apparatus in this 35mm frame taken in
the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle
Endeavor. Fellow astronauts Robert L. Gibson (Commander),
Curtis L. Brown (Junior Pilot), Mark C. Lee (Payload Commander),
Jay Apt (Mission Specialist), and Mamoru Mohri (Payload
Specialist) joined the two on their maiden space flight. The
Spacelab-J mission was a joint effort between Japan and the
United States.
Keywords
Women N. Jan Davis Mae Jemison Astronauts STS-47 Space Shuttle Endeavor Robert L. Gibson Curtis L. Brown Mark Lee Jay Apt Mamoru Mohri Spacelab-J Japan
Subject Category
Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Women,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
92-HC-641
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2004-00023
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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