Mae Carol Jemison Blastoff!

By: Emily Hsu

Born: October 17, 195
!ie": ###
Mae Carol Jemison, first a
nobo"y, t$en a somebo"y% Mae
&or'e" $ar" an" (uess &$at#
)ot only "i" s$e become an
astronaut, s$e became t$e first
*frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace% Jemison &as a&ar"e"
&it$ t$e -ilby .cience *&ar"
an" (ot into t$e )ational
/omen0s Hall of 1ame
because of t$is%
Mae Jemison &as born on
October 17, 195 in !ecatur,
*labama% 2ater, &$en $er mom
nee"e" $el, (ettin( (roceries
out of t$e car, $er "a" left t$e
car on an" &ent to (o $el,%
Mae "eci"e" t$at it mi($t be
fun to "ri3e t$e car% *n" s$e
"i"! .$e 4ust smas$e" t$ree
cars "oin( it% /$en Mae &as in
sc$ool, s$e lo3e" learnin(
about t$e sub4ects science,
s,ace, an" rea"in(% .$e &as
only t&el3e &$en s$e entere"
Mor(an 5ar' High School% .$e
&as also ,resi"ent of a mo"ern
"ance club at $er senior year in
$i($ sc$ool% *fter $i($ sc$ool,
s$e &ent to .tanfor" 6ni3ersity
Colle(e at sixteen years ol"%
7$en, after Mae (ra"uate"
from colle(e, s$e tra3ele" to
2os *n(eles to "o an interns$i,
at Cornell 6ni3ersity Me"ical
Colle(e% *fter (ra"uatin( from
that colle(e, s$e became a
me"ical "octor% Mae &as
officially a me"ical "octor in t$e
year of 1989, July 1989, to be
,recise%
/$ile bein( a "octor, Mae
a,,lie" to )*.* :)ational
*eronautics an" .,ace
*"ministration; in June 1987%
.$e &as 3ery $a,,y &$en s$e
(ot a call from )*.* for an"
inter3ie&% 7$en, after t$e
inter3ie&, Mae recei3e" a call
from )*.* a(ain, only t$is time
to $ear t$at s$e $a" been
selecte" to become an
astronaut% .$e &as t$irty+one
years ol" &$en s$e (ot t$e call%
*fter s$e finis$e" trainin( at
)*.*0s $ea"<uarters, s$e &as
t$irty+fi3e years ol" an" rea"y
to ta'e on any s,ace mission
)*.* offere" $er% * year later,
Mae &as an astronaut on a
s,aces$i, calle" t$e
En"ea3our% =t &as .e,tember
19, 1999% .$e $a" ac$ie3e"
$er "ream% Jemison staye" in
orbit for ei($t "ays an" t$en
s$e an" $er s,ace cre&
lan"e"% Mae Carol Jemison
&as t$e very first *frican+
*merican &oman in s,ace% .$e
t$en retire" from )*.* in
199>%
= t$in' Mae Carol Jemison
&as a (reat?no?*/E.OME
,erson! /$y# .$e &as an
a&esome ,erson because s$e
ne3er (a3e u, on $er "ream of
becomin( an astronaut% = still
can0t belie3e s$e &as t$e very
first *frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace!
Jemison, Mae% Find Where the
Wind Goes: Moments From My
Life. )e& @or': .c$olastic,
9AA1%
*la(na, Ma("alena% Mae
Jemison: The First
African American
Woman in Sace.
California: t$e Bose
5ublis$in( Crou,,
9AA>%
@annuDDi, !ella *% Mae
Jemison: A Sace
!iograhy%
.,rin(fiel", )J:
Enslo&, 1998%
Euotes
FBelie3e it or not, =
&as as eGcite" or
more so &$en calle"
for t$e astronaut
inter3ie& t$an &$en =
&as selecte"% /$y#
Because = $a" loo'e"
(oo" in ,a,er% My
colle(e an" me"ical
sc$ool transcri,ts t$at
= frette" o3er &ere
fine!H
F2oo'in( "o&n an" all
aroun" me, seein( t$e
eart$, t$e moon, an"
t$e stars, = 4ust felt li'e
= belon(e" ri($t t$ere,
an" in fact, any ,lace
in t$e uni3erse%H
F=t &as t$e realiDation
of many "reams of
many ,eo,le%H
Mae Carol Jemison Blastoff!
By: Emily Hsu
Born: October 17, 195
!ie": ###
Mae Carol Jemison, first a
nobo"y, t$en a somebo"y% Mae
&or'e" $ar" an" (uess &$at#
)ot only "i" s$e become an
astronaut, s$e became t$e first
*frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace% Jemison &as a&ar"e"
&it$ t$e -ilby .cience *&ar"
an" (ot into t$e )ational
/omen0s Hall of 1ame
because of t$is%
Mae Jemison &as born on
October 17, 195 in !ecatur,
*labama% 2ater, &$en $er mom
nee"e" $el, (ettin( (roceries
out of t$e car, $er "a" left t$e
car on an" &ent to (o $el,%
Mae "eci"e" t$at it mi($t be
fun to "ri3e t$e car% *n" s$e
"i"! .$e 4ust smas$e" t$ree
cars "oin( it% /$en Mae &as in
sc$ool, s$e lo3e" learnin(
about t$e sub4ects science,
s,ace, an" rea"in(% .$e &as
only t&el3e &$en s$e entere"
Mor(an 5ar' High School% .$e
&as also ,resi"ent of a mo"ern
"ance club at $er senior year in
$i($ sc$ool% *fter $i($ sc$ool,
s$e &ent to .tanfor" 6ni3ersity
Colle(e at sixteen years ol"%
7$en, after Mae (ra"uate"
from colle(e, s$e tra3ele" to
2os *n(eles to "o an interns$i,
at Cornell 6ni3ersity Me"ical
Colle(e% *fter (ra"uatin( from
that colle(e, s$e became a
me"ical "octor% Mae &as
officially a me"ical "octor in t$e
year of 1989, July 1989, to be
,recise%
/$ile bein( a "octor, Mae
a,,lie" to )*.* :)ational
*eronautics an" .,ace
*"ministration; in June 1987%
.$e &as 3ery $a,,y &$en s$e
(ot a call from )*.* for an"
inter3ie&% 7$en, after t$e
inter3ie&, Mae recei3e" a call
from )*.* a(ain, only t$is time
to $ear t$at s$e $a" been
selecte" to become an
astronaut% .$e &as t$irty+one
years ol" &$en s$e (ot t$e call%
*fter s$e finis$e" trainin( at
)*.*0s $ea"<uarters, s$e &as
t$irty+fi3e years ol" an" rea"y
to ta'e on any s,ace mission
)*.* offere" $er% * year later,
Mae &as an astronaut on a
s,aces$i, calle" t$e
En"ea3our% =t &as .e,tember
19, 1999% .$e $a" ac$ie3e"
$er "ream% Jemison staye" in
orbit for ei($t "ays an" t$en
s$e an" $er s,ace cre&
lan"e"% Mae Carol Jemison
&as t$e very first *frican+
*merican &oman in s,ace% .$e
t$en retire" from )*.* in
199>%
= t$in' Mae Carol Jemison
&as a (reat?no?*/E.OME
,erson! /$y# .$e &as an
a&esome ,erson because s$e
ne3er (a3e u, on $er "ream of
becomin( an astronaut% = still
can0t belie3e s$e &as t$e very
first *frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace!
Jemison, Mae% Find Where the
Wind Goes: Moments From My
Life. )e& @or': .c$olastic,
9AA1%
*la(na, Ma("alena% Mae
Jemison: The First
African American
Woman in Sace.
California: t$e Bose
5ublis$in( Crou,,
9AA>%
@annuDDi, !ella *% Mae
Jemison: A Sace
!iograhy%
.,rin(fiel", )J:
Enslo&, 1998%
Euotes
FBelie3e it or not, =
&as as eGcite" or
more so &$en calle"
for t$e astronaut
inter3ie& t$an &$en =
&as selecte"% /$y#
Because = $a" loo'e"
(oo" in ,a,er% My
colle(e an" me"ical
sc$ool transcri,ts t$at
= frette" o3er &ere
fine!H
F2oo'in( "o&n an" all
aroun" me, seein( t$e
eart$, t$e moon, an"
t$e stars, = 4ust felt li'e
= belon(e" ri($t t$ere,
an" in fact, any ,lace
in t$e uni3erse%H
F=t &as t$e realiDation
of many "reams of
many ,eo,le%H
Mae Carol Jemison Blastoff!
By: Emily Hsu
Born: October 17, 195
!ie": ###
Mae Carol Jemison, first a
nobo"y, t$en a somebo"y% Mae
&or'e" $ar" an" (uess &$at#
)ot only "i" s$e become an
astronaut, s$e became t$e first
*frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace% Jemison &as a&ar"e"
&it$ t$e -ilby .cience *&ar"
an" (ot into t$e )ational
/omen0s Hall of 1ame
because of t$is%
Mae Jemison &as born on
October 17, 195 in !ecatur,
*labama% 2ater, &$en $er mom
nee"e" $el, (ettin( (roceries
out of t$e car, $er "a" left t$e
car on an" &ent to (o $el,%
Mae "eci"e" t$at it mi($t be
fun to "ri3e t$e car% *n" s$e
"i"! .$e 4ust smas$e" t$ree
cars "oin( it% /$en Mae &as in
sc$ool, s$e lo3e" learnin(
about t$e sub4ects science,
s,ace, an" rea"in(% .$e &as
only t&el3e &$en s$e entere"
Mor(an 5ar' High School% .$e
&as also ,resi"ent of a mo"ern
"ance club at $er senior year in
$i($ sc$ool% *fter $i($ sc$ool,
s$e &ent to .tanfor" 6ni3ersity
Colle(e at sixteen years ol"%
7$en, after Mae (ra"uate"
from colle(e, s$e tra3ele" to
2os *n(eles to "o an interns$i,
at Cornell 6ni3ersity Me"ical
Colle(e% *fter (ra"uatin( from
that colle(e, s$e became a
me"ical "octor% Mae &as
officially a me"ical "octor in t$e
year of 1989, July 1989, to be
,recise%
/$ile bein( a "octor, Mae
a,,lie" to )*.* :)ational
*eronautics an" .,ace
*"ministration; in June 1987%
.$e &as 3ery $a,,y &$en s$e
(ot a call from )*.* for an"
inter3ie&% 7$en, after t$e
inter3ie&, Mae recei3e" a call
from )*.* a(ain, only t$is time
to $ear t$at s$e $a" been
selecte" to become an
astronaut% .$e &as t$irty+one
years ol" &$en s$e (ot t$e call%
*fter s$e finis$e" trainin( at
)*.*0s $ea"<uarters, s$e &as
t$irty+fi3e years ol" an" rea"y
to ta'e on any s,ace mission
)*.* offere" $er% * year later,
Mae &as an astronaut on a
s,aces$i, calle" t$e
En"ea3our% =t &as .e,tember
19, 1999% .$e $a" ac$ie3e"
$er "ream% Jemison staye" in
orbit for ei($t "ays an" t$en
s$e an" $er s,ace cre&
lan"e"% Mae Carol Jemison
&as t$e very first *frican+
*merican &oman in s,ace% .$e
t$en retire" from )*.* in
199>%
= t$in' Mae Carol Jemison
&as a (reat?no?*/E.OME
,erson! /$y# .$e &as an
a&esome ,erson because s$e
ne3er (a3e u, on $er "ream of
becomin( an astronaut% = still
can0t belie3e s$e &as t$e very
first *frican+*merican &oman in
s,ace!
Jemison, Mae% Find Where the
Wind Goes: Moments From My
Life. )e& @or': .c$olastic,
9AA1%
*la(na, Ma("alena% Mae
Jemison: The First
African American
Woman in Sace.
California: t$e Bose
5ublis$in( Crou,,
9AA>%
@annuDDi, !ella *% Mae
Jemison: A Sace
!iograhy%
.,rin(fiel", )J:
Enslo&, 1998%
Euotes
FBelie3e it or not, =
&as as eGcite" or
more so &$en calle"
for t$e astronaut
inter3ie& t$an &$en =
&as selecte"% /$y#
Because = $a" loo'e"
(oo" in ,a,er% My
colle(e an" me"ical
sc$ool transcri,ts t$at
= frette" o3er &ere
fine!H
F2oo'in( "o&n an" all
aroun" me, seein( t$e
eart$, t$e moon, an"
t$e stars, = 4ust felt li'e
= belon(e" ri($t t$ere,
an" in fact, any ,lace
in t$e uni3erse%H
F=t &as t$e realiDation
of many "reams of
many ,eo,le%H