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This Rebel Girl reached for the stars. A scientist who became the first African-American woman to travel into space. We explore who Mae Jemison is. Based on the best-selling book series 'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls'.

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Mae Jemison \"an American astronaut, engineer, and physician, was the first black woman to travel in space. In September 1992, she made an eight-day flight on the spacecraft Endeavour. Aboard the spacecraft, Jemison conducted the first experiment that fertilized frog eggs in space. She also studied the loss of bone tissue experienced by people and other animals in orbiting spacecraft. Her research was aimed at determining how gravity affects the development of complex organisms.\" (World Book Student) Read more about Mae Jemison.

\"American astronaut and geologist Jessica Watkins is making history this month [April 2022]. She is the first Black woman selected for an extended mission in space. Watkins and three other astronauts launched aboard a new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft named Freedom atop a Falcon 9 rocket on April 27, 2022.\" (Behind the Headlines) Read about astronaut Jessica Watkins.

\"A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts — including the first Black woman to join the International Space Station crew — successfully docked with the ISS Wednesday evening [Apr 27, 2022], kicking off a five-month mission...This mission, called Crew-4, marks a return to the crewed launches that SpaceX conducts in partnership with NASA after the company concluded the first all-private mission to the space station for wealthy paying customers...\" (CNN Wire Service) Learn more about Jessica Watkins and the SpaceX mission.

\"Two years ago [2018], NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps was slated to fly into orbit aboard a Russian spacecraft and become the first Black astronaut to serve as a crew member of the International Space Station. At the last minute, Epps was removed from that assignment with no explanation. On Tuesday [Aug 25, 2020]...she was finally reassigned. NASA said she will join astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada on a 2021 mission aboard a Boeing-built Starliner spacecraft, a vehicle still under development that is expected to re-do a key test flight later this year.\" (CNN Wire Service) Read more about NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps.

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Dr. Mae Jemison \"was working as a general practitioner in Los Angeles, California when NASA selected her and 14 others for astronaut training. Dr. Jemison completed her training as a mission specialist with NASA in 1988. In September of 1992, as a mission specialist aboard the Shuttle Endeavour, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space.\" (StarChild) Learn about Jemison's other accomplishments. Some brief biographical information on this astronaut is included.