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TRAVELING, GRAPHIC ARTS, SEWING, SKIING, COLLECTING AFRICAN ART, WEIGHT LIFTING, AND DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
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I went to the primiere of the Star Trek Nemesis and I love all the Star Trek movies
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My favorite show is Star Trek and I had the priviledge to star on the show. I am the only real astronaut
to do so.
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Aretha Franklin, Marvyne Gaye, James Brown, The Temptations, Diana Ross, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder,
The Jackson 5, Ray Charles
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I wrote Find Where the Wind Goes : Moments from My Life (an autobiographical account written especially
for teenagers). The book is about growing up on the south side of Chicago, cultivating my aspiration to be a scientist, my
experiences as a medical student in Africa, and my history-makingjourney into space.
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- Essence Science and Technology Award (1988);
- Gamma Sigma Gamma Women of the Year (1989);
- Honorary Doctorate of Science,Lincoln College, PA (1991);
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, Winston Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (1991);
- McCall's 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s (1991);
- Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century (1991);
- Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award (1992);
- Ebony's 50 Most Influential women (1993);
- Turner Trumpet Award (1993);
- Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth (1993);
- Kilby Science Award (1993);
- National Women's Hall of Fame inductee (1993);
- People magazine's 1993 "50 Most Beautiful People in the World";
- CORE Outstanding Achievement Award;
- National Medical Association Hall of Fame
- Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, Princeton University (2000)
- Intrepid Award by the National Organization fo Women
- Inthernational Space Hall of Fame inductee (2004)
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, Wilson College (2005)
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, Dartmouth College (2006)
- Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College (2007)
- Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(2007)
Institutions named in her honor:
- Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, (dedicated 1992);
- Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit (established 1992).
- Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, IL established 2001.
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Zodiac:
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Libra
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Children:
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some day
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Education:
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high school, college
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Occupation:
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Retired NASA mission specialist
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Morgan Park High School
Chicago, Illinois
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Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
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Graduated:
1977
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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
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graduated:
1981
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My name is Mae Jemison and I am the first African-American Astronaut. I was born on October 17, 1956 and I
am the youngest out of 3 children. Fluently, I can speak Russian, Japense, Swahili, and English. When I was 16 years old,
I enrolled at stanford University and in 1977 I graduated with degrees in both Chemical Engineering and African- American
studies. In 1981, I received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Cornell University and in 1983 I joined the Peace Corps.
When I was in the Peace Corps., I served in Liberia and Sierra Leone. After my time with the peace Corps., I went back
to school to take graduate engineering courses. I applied for being an astronaut for NASA, but I got turned down the first
time. In 1987, Jemison was accepted on my second application and I became 1 of the 15 candidates accepted from over 2,000
applicants. On September 12, 1992, I became the first African -American to become an Astronaut. The mission only lasted for
8 days, but it was a great experience. In March of 1993, I resigned from NASA. After I resigned,I started my own company,
the Jemison Group, that researches, markets, and develops science and technology, for daily life. In 1994, I founded
the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence and named the foundation in honor of my mother. One of the projects of my
foundation is The Earth We Share (TEWS), an international science camp where students, ages 12 to 16, work to solve
current global problems.It helps students build critical thinking skills and learn to solve solving problems through an experiential
curriculum. Recently, I have been in a fashiow show to raise money for heart disease. I have 2 cats and their names
are Sneeze and Little Mama.
Who I like to meet:
Anyone who wants to meet me and the real captain Kirk and Spok
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hey girl, do you want to have a girls night out? my treat.
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