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{{Infobox astronaut
|name         = Mae Jemison
|image        = Mae Carol Jemison.jpg
|caption      = Jemison in July 1992
|birth_name   = Mae Carol Jemison
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1956|10|17}}
|birth_place  = [[Decatur, Alabama]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
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|education    = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br/>[[Cornell University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
|type         = [[NASA astronaut]]
|time         = 7d 22h 30m
|selection    = [[NASA Astronaut Group 12|NASA Group 12 (1987)]]
|mission      = [[STS-47]]
|insignia     = [[File:Sts-47-patch.png|58px|STS-47]]
|retirement   = March 1993
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'''Mae Carol Jemison''' (born October 17, 1956) 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|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's [[NASA Astronaut Group 12|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.

Born in [[Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago]], Jemison graduated from [[Stanford University]] with degrees in [[chemical engineering]] as well as [[African studies|African]] and [[African-American studies]]. She then earned her medical degree from [[Cornell University Medical School|Cornell University]]. Jemison was a doctor for the [[Peace Corps]] in [[Liberia]] and [[Sierra Leone]] from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a [[general practitioner]].  In pursuit of becoming an astronaut, she applied to NASA.

Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational foundation and through the foundation is the principal of the [[100 Year Starship]] project funded by [[DARPA]]. Jemison also wrote several books for children and appeared on television several times, including in [[Second Chances (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|a 1993 episode]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. She holds several [[honorary doctorate]]s and has been inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] and the [[List of inductees in the International Space Hall of Fame|International Space Hall of Fame]].

==Early life and education==
Mae Carol Jemison was born in [[Decatur, Alabama]], on October 17, 1956,<ref name="Hine 140–41">{{Cite book|title=Black Women in America|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195156775|editor-last=Hine|editor-first=Darlene Clark|editor-link=Darlene Clark Hine|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|pages=140–41|volume=2|oclc=57506600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G30bAQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCNBDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|title=Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space|last=Cavallaro|first=Umberto|year= 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-34048-7|page=146|language=en}}</ref> the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison ({{Nee|Green}}).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWaeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113|title=Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures|last=Gibson|first=Karen|date=2014|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-847-3|page=113|language=en}}</ref> Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and her mother worked most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Ludwig van Beethoven Elementary School in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name="Determined">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/13/us/woman-in-the-news-a-determined-breaker-of-boundaries-mae-carol-jemison.html|title=Woman in the News; A Determined Breaker of Boundaries – Mae Carol Jemison|last=Leary|first=Warren|date=September 13, 1992|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327162141/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/13/us/woman-in-the-news-a-determined-breaker-of-boundaries-mae-carol-jemison.html|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-11-03-9311030235-story.html|title=Author Dorothy Jemison, 64, Mother of Astronaut|last=Heise|first=Kenan|date=November 3, 1993|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> The family first lived in [[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]] and later the [[Morgan Park, Chicago|Morgan Park]] neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/aalives/2006/profile_jemison.html|title=African American Lives . Profiles . Mae Jemison|publisher=PBS|website=[[WNET]] |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> Jemison knew from a young age that she wanted to study science and someday go into space.<ref name="MAKERS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.makers.com/mae-jemison|title=Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman in Space|date=c. 2012|website=Makers.com|publisher=[[AOL]]/[[PBS]]|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030010/http://www.makers.com/mae-jemison|archive-date=March 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The television show ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' and, in particular, African-American actress [[Nichelle Nichols]]' portrayal of Lieutenant [[Uhura]] further stoked her interest in space.<ref name="Stanfordtoday">{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/pdf/ST9607mjemison.pdf|title=Shooting Star: Former Astronaut Mae Jemison Brings her Message Down to Earth|last=Katz|first=Jesse|date=July–August 1996|website=Stanford Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202636/http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/pdf/ST9607mjemison.pdf|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/groundbreaking-astronaut-and-star-trek-fan-now-working-interstellar-travel-180965277/|title=This Groundbreaking Astronaut and Star Trek Fan Is Now Working on Interstellar Travel|last=Eschner|first=Kat|date=October 17, 2017|website=Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2013/10/maejemison|title=The Legacy of Lt. Uhura: Astronaut Mae Jemison on Race in Space|last=Jackson|first=Camille|date=October 28, 2013|website=today.duke.edu|language=en|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref>

Jemison enjoyed studying nature and [[human physiology]], using her observations to learn more about science. Although her mother encouraged her curiosity<ref name="Stanfordtoday"/> and both her parents were supportive of her interest in science, she did not always see the same support from her teachers.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/astronaut/mae-c-jemison|title=Mae C. Jemison|website=[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]].com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526175628/http://www.biography.com/people/mae-c-jemison-9542378|archive-date=May 26, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref> When Jemison told a kindergarten teacher she wanted to be a scientist when she grew up, the teacher assumed she meant she wanted to be a nurse.<ref name="Ebony" /> Seeing a lack of female astronauts during the [[Apollo program|Apollo missions]] also frustrated Jemison. She later recalled, "everybody was thrilled about space, but I remember being {{Sic|really really|hide=y}} irritated that there were no women astronauts."<ref name="MAKERS" />

Jemison began studying ballet at the age of 8 or 9 and entered high school at 12 years old, where she joined the cheerleading team and the Modern Dance Club.<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/16/style/chronicle-917092.html|title=Chronicle: A memento of the Alvin Ailey dance company goes into space|last=Brozan|first=Nadine|date=September 16, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161624/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/16/style/chronicle-917092.html|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DN7SDdEkqIC&pg=PA10|title=Mae Jemison|last=Raum|first=Elizabeth|date=2006|publisher=Heinemann-Raintree Library|isbn=978-1-4034-6942-7|pages=8–11|language=en}}</ref> Jemison had a great love for dance from a young age. She learned several styles of dance, including [[African dance|African]] and [[Japanese traditional dance|Japanese]], as well as [[ballet]], [[jazz dance|jazz]], and [[modern dance]]. As a child, Jemison had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/interview.htm|title=Interview with Mae|date=March 15, 2001|website=Scholastic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822122601/http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/interview.htm|archive-date=August 22, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> At the age of 14, she auditioned for the leading role of Maria in ''[[West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story]]''. She did not get the leading role but was selected as a background dancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030317/flair/flair1.html|title=Earth lover, space voyager Dr. Mae Jemison|last=Barrett|first=Michelle|date=March 17, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034519/http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030317/flair/flair1.html|archive-date=September 14, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=September 17, 2016|newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner}}</ref>

After graduating from Chicago's [[Morgan Park High School]] in 1973,<ref name="Ebony">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118|title=Mae Jemison: coming in from outer space|last=Haynes|first=Karima A.|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|date=December 1992|quote=Perhaps the most moving tribute came during a homecoming rally at Morgan Park High School, where Jemison graduated in 1973.|pages=118, 120, 124}}</ref> Jemison entered [[Stanford University]] at the age of 16.<ref name="Stanfordtoday" /> Although she was young to be leaving home for college, Jemison later said it did not faze her because she was "naive and stubborn enough".<ref name="Stanfordtoday" /> There were very few other African-American students in Jemison's classes and she continued to experience discrimination from her teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EEDE1038F935A25754C0A9669C8B63|title=Outnumbered: Standing Out at Work|last=Finnerty|first=Amy|date=July 16, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204094349/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EEDE1038F935A25754C0A9669C8B63|archive-date=February 4, 2009|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'' in 2008, Jemison said that it was difficult to go to Stanford at 16 but that her youthful arrogance may have helped her;<ref name="Desmoines">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421095/1e/|title=First black woman astronaut tells insight|last=Challender|first=Mary|date=October 16, 2008|work=Des Moines Register|access-date=May 10, 2019|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421095/1e/ 1E]–[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421197/2e/ 2E]|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> she asserted that some arrogance is necessary for women and minorities to be successful in a white male dominated society.<ref name="Desmoines" />

At Stanford, Jemison served as head of the [[Black Students Union]].<ref name="Bio" /> She also [[Choreography|choreographed]] a musical and dance production called ''Out of the Shadows''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13709861/the_times/|title=Stanford Original By Blacks|date=May 21, 1977|work=The Times|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055952/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13709861/the_times/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|pages=48|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> During her senior year in college, she struggled with the choice between going to medical school or pursuing a career as a professional dancer after graduation;<ref name="Whatwas">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/business/executive-life-the-boss-what-was-space-like.html|title=Executive Life: The Boss; 'What was Space Like?'|last1=Jemison|first1=Mae C.|last2=Olsen|first2=Patricia R.|date=February 2, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327172511/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/business/executive-life-the-boss-what-was-space-like.html|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> she graduated from Stanford in 1977, receiving a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in [[chemical engineering]].<ref name="Hine 140–41" /><ref name="Stanfordtoday" /> and [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in [[African studies|African]] and [[African-American studies]].<ref name="Frazer1993">{{Cite journal|last1=Frazer|first1=Jendayi|last2=Jemison|first2=Mae C.|date=1993|title=Advancing African Health Care through Space Technology: An Interview with Dr. Mae C. Jemison|journal=Africa Today|volume=40|issue=3|pages=70–71|issn=0001-9887|jstor=4186922}}</ref>  While at Stanford, she also pursued studies related to her childhood interest in space and first considered applying to NASA.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Creasman|first=Kim|date=1997|title=Black Birds in the Sky: The Legacies of Bessie Coleman and Dr. Mae Jemison|journal=The Journal of Negro History|language=en|volume=82|issue=1|page=160|doi=10.2307/2717501|issn=0022-2992|jstor=2717501|s2cid=141029557}}</ref>

== Medical career ==
Jemison attended [[Cornell Medical School]] and during her training, traveled to Cuba, to conduct a study funded by [[American Medical Student Association]] and to Thailand, where she worked at a Cambodian [[refugee camp]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYRvHxOmVocC&pg=PA52|title=A Heritage of Black Excellence in Chicago|last=Best|first=Leslie K.|date=2013|publisher=Becslie Publisher|isbn=978-0-9745595-2-0|page=52|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Frazer1993" /> She also worked for [[Flying Doctors of America|Flying Doctors]] stationed in East Africa.<ref name="Frazer1993" /> During her years at Cornell, Jemison continued to study dance by enrolling in classes at the [[Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater]].<ref name="Chronicle" /> After graduating with an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] degree in 1981, she interned at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982, and worked as a general practitioner for [[Ross–Loos Medical Group]].<ref name="Hine 140–41" /><ref name="Frazer1993" />

Jemison joined the staff of the [[Peace Corps]] in 1983 and served as a medical officer until 1985. She was responsible for the health of Peace Corps volunteers serving in [[Liberia]] and [[Sierra Leone]].<ref name="Whatwas" /><ref name="Hine 140–41" /> Jemison supervised the Peace Corps' pharmacy, laboratory, medical staff as well as providing medical care, writing self-care manuals, and developing and implementing guidelines for health and safety issues. She also worked with the [[Centers for Disease Control]] helping with research for various vaccines.<ref name="ThoughtCo">{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/mae-c-jemison-3071170|title=Dr. Mae C. Jemison: Astronaut and Visionary|last=Greene|first=Nick|website=ThoughtCo|publisher=[[Dotdash]]|date=October 17, 1956|access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912060030/https://www.thoughtco.com/mae-c-jemison-3071170 |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:NASA-Mae Jemison-shortvideo.webm|thumb|thumbtime=11|Mae Jemison being fitted for a spacesuit and doing an experiment in space.]]

== NASA career ==
[[File:Mae-jemison.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Jemison at the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in 1992]]
Upon returning to the United States after serving in the Peace Corps, Jemison settled in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In Los Angeles, she entered into private practice and took graduate-level engineering courses. Inspired by the flights of [[Sally Ride]] and [[Guion Bluford]] in 1983, Jemison applied to the astronaut program in October 1985.<ref name="Determined" /> After NASA postponed selection of new candidates after the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]] in 1986, Jemison reapplied in 1987. She was chosen out of roughly 2,000 applicants for 15 slots in [[NASA Astronaut Group 12]], the first selected after ''Challenger.<ref name="Bio" />'' The [[Associated Press]] covered her as the "first black woman astronaut" in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31957086/|title=Astronaut Stresses Establishing Goals|date=July 28, 1987|work=[[Longview News-Journal]]|access-date=May 26, 2019|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[CBS]] featured Jemison as one of the country's "most eligible singles" on ''Best Catches'', a television special hosted by [[Phylicia Rashad]] and [[Robb Weller]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31957193/|title=Best Catches|date=February 28, 1989|work=[[Southern Illinoisan]]|access-date=May 26, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Jemison's work with NASA before her shuttle launch included launch support activities at the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in Florida and verification of Shuttle computer software in the [[Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory]] (SAIL).<ref name="nasabio" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2021262.html|title=Peace Corps biography|website=Peace Corps Online|access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170439/http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2021262.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> On September 28, 1989, she was selected to join the [[STS-47]] crew as [[Mission Specialist]] 4 and was also designated Science Mission Specialist, a new astronaut role being tested by NASA to focus on scientific experiments.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VL5TSg2Ut3cC&pg=PA261|title=Women in Space – Following Valentina|last1=Shayler|first1=David J.|last2=Moule|first2=Ian A.|year=2005|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-85233-744-5|pages=261–63|language=en}}</ref>

=== STS-47 ===
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[[File:Mae Jemison (29487037511).jpg|thumb|right|Jemison during Space Shuttle mission STS-47]]
Jemison flew her only space mission from September 12 to 20, 1992, as one of the seven-member crew aboard Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'',<ref name="Determined"/><ref name=":9">{{Cite book|title=Black women in America|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-515677-3|edition=2nd|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/blackwomeninamer0000unse/page/141 141]|oclc=57506600|url=https://archive.org/details/blackwomeninamer0000unse/page/141}}</ref> on mission STS-47, a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan, as well as the 50th shuttle mission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2016/03/15/women-astronauts-making-their-mark/|title=African-American Women Astronauts Making their Mark in Space Exploration|date=March 15, 2016|work=Rediscovering Black History|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911205029/https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2016/03/15/women-astronauts-making-their-mark/|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Jemison logged 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space and orbited the earth 127 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mae-jemison-first-african-american-woman-in-space|title=Mae Jemison, First African American Woman in Space|last=Smith|first=Yvette|date=February 26, 2019|website=NASA|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Creighton|first=Jolene|author-link=Jolene Creighton|date=December 21, 2015|title=Mae Jemison: The First African American Woman in Space and First Real Astronaut on Star Trek|url=https://futurism.com/mae-jemison-the-first-african-american-woman-in-space-and-first-real-astronaut-on-star-trek|access-date=June 3, 2019|website=Futurism|language=en}}</ref> The crew was split into two shifts with Jemison assigned to the Blue Shift. Throughout the eight-day mission, she began communications on her shift with the salute "Hailing frequencies open", a quote from ''Star Trek''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jesse Katz|url=http://news.stanford.edu/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/9607mj.html|title=Shooting Star|website=Stanford Today|date=July 1, 1996|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621152840/http://news.stanford.edu/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/9607mj.html|archive-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> Jemison took a poster from the [[Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater]] along with her on the flight.<ref name="Stanfordtoday" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DE163BF931A25751C1A964958260|title=An Ailey Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie|author=Anna Kisselgoff|work=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1992|access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204083930/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DE163BF931A25751C1A964958260 |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also took a West African statuette<ref name="Stanfordtoday" /> and a photo of pioneering aviator [[Bessie Coleman]], the first African American with an international [[pilot license]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aauw.org/2014/08/19/aviation-day/|title=No Fear of Flying Here: 12 Women Aviators to Celebrate|last=Jones|first=Christy|date=August 19, 2014|website=[[AAUW]]: Empowering Women Since 1881|language=en-US|access-date=May 9, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509162202/https://www.aauw.org/2014/08/19/aviation-day/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Stanfordtoday" />

STS-47 carried the [[Spacelab]] Japan module, a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan that included 43 Japanese and United States life science and materials processing experiments.<ref name=":15" /> Jemison and Japanese astronaut [[Mamoru Mohri]] were trained to use the Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE),<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cowings|first=Patricia|date=Summer 2003|title=NASA Contributes to Improving Health|url=http://ipp.nasa.gov/innovation/innovation112/3-techtrans2.html|url-status=dead|journal=NASA Innovation|volume=11|issue=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004150453/http://ipp.nasa.gov/innovation/innovation112/3-techtrans2.html|archive-date=October 4, 2011|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> a technique developed by [[Patricia S. Cowings]] that uses [[biofeedback]] and [[autogenic training]] to help patients monitor and control their physiology as a possible treatment for [[motion sickness]], [[anxiety]] and [[stress-related disorders]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2003/03_02AR.html|title=NASA Commercializes Method For Health Improvement|last=Steiner|first=Victoria|date=January 7, 2003|website=[[NASA Ames Research Center]]|language=en|access-date=June 3, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626161455/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2003/03_02AR.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/bugos_nasa_sp2014_4314.pdf#page=161|title=Atmosphere of Freedom: 75 Years at the NASA Ames Research Center|last=Bugos|first=Glenn E.|date=2014|website=NASA Ames Research Center|pages=159–61|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Mae Jemison - Flickr - NASA on The Commons.jpg|thumb|left|Jemison aboard the Spacelab Japan module on ''Endeavour'']]
Aboard the Spacelab Japan module, Jemison tested NASA's Fluid Therapy System, a set of procedures and equipment to produce [[water for injection]], developed by Sterimatics Corporation. She then used [[IV bag]]s and a mixing method, developed by [[Baxter International|Baxter Healthcare]], to use the water from the previous step to produce [[Saline (medicine)|saline solution]] in space.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=Fletcher|last2=Niederhaus|first2=Charles|last3=Barlow|first3=Karen|last4=Griffin|first4=DeVon|date=January 8, 2007|title=Intravenous Solutions for Exploration Missions|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070018153.pdf|journal=45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit|language=en|location=Reno, Nevada|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|doi=10.2514/6.2007-544|isbn=978-1-62410-012-3|hdl=2060/20070018153|s2cid=4692452 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> Jemison was also a co-investigator of two [[bone cell]] research experiments.<ref name="ThoughtCo" /> Another experiment she participated in was to induce female frogs to ovulate, fertilize the eggs, and then see how [[tadpole]]s developed in zero gravity.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13709784/|title=1st Black Woman in Space Taking One Small Step for Equality|last=Dunn|first=Marcia|date=September 8, 1992|work=[[The Titusville Herald]]|access-date=September 11, 2017|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055942/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13709784/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Resignation from NASA ===
Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993 to start a company.<ref name=":9" /><ref name="Whatwas" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Lipp|first=Paula|url=http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/women/9-29-99.html|title=Former astronaut Mae Jemison shares her philosophy on education, technology and achieving success|website=Graduating Engineer|date=September 29, 1999|access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105225645/http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/women/9-29-99.html |archive-date=January 5, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> NASA training manager and author [[Homer Hickam]], who had trained Jemison for her flight, later expressed some regret that she had departed.<ref name="Stanfordtoday" />

== Post-NASA career ==
[[File:Mae Jemison 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Jemison in 2013]]
Jemison served on the board of directors of the World Sickle Cell Foundation from 1990 to 1992.<ref name="MAKERS" /> In 1993, she founded The Jemison Group Inc., a consulting firm which considers the [[Sociocultural perspective|sociocultural]] impact of technological advancements and design.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2017/02/blackhistorymonth-notable-alabamians-part-seven-new/|title=#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Seven|date=February 20, 2017|website=The Birmingham Times|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> 

Jemison also founded the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence, naming it in honor of her mother.<ref name="Excellence">{{cite web|url=https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/Jemison.TEWS.lxg.html|title=Former shuttle Endeavour astronaut Mae C. Jemison encourages students to think like scientists|last=Gold|first=Lauren|date=July 11, 2005|website=[[Cornell University]]|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> One of the projects of the foundation is ''The Earth We Share'', a science camp for students aged 12 to 16. Founded in 1994,<ref name="Bayer">{{cite web|url=http://www.bayerus.com/msms/about/spokesperson/bio.html|title=About Dr. Mae Jemison|website=Making Science Make Sense|publisher=[[Bayer Corporation|Bayer U.S.]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122413/http://www.bayerus.com/msms/about/spokesperson/bio.html|archive-date=June 30, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> camps have been held at [[Dartmouth College]], [[Colorado School of Mines]], [[Choate Rosemary Hall]] and other sites in the United States,<ref name="Excellence" /> as well as internationally in South Africa, Tunisia, and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jemisonfoundation.org/moretews.htm|title=More TEWS Projects|website=Jemison Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726203433/http://www.jemisonfoundation.org/moretews.htm|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> Jemison stated that the goal of these four-week long, residential programs is to increase scientific literacy by developing the students’ abilities in both critical thinking and problem solving. Students accomplish this by working in teams and using the [[scientific method]] to identify and solve a real problem facing their communities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jemison |first=Mae |date=2000 |title=Science: The 3 C's and the Big D. |url=https://research.ebsco.com/c/7oqvtd/viewer/pdf/hew6jjvsaj |journal=Science Activities |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=3–5 |doi=10.1080/00368120009601057 |via=GALILEO}}</ref> The Dorothy Jemison Foundation also sponsors other events and programs, including the Shaping the World essay competition, Listening to the Future (a survey program that targets obtaining opinions from students), Earth Online (an online chatroom that allows students to safely communicate and discuss ideas on space and science), and the Reality Leads Fantasy Gala.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dorothy Jemison Foundation |url=http://jemisonfoundation.org/about/ |website=The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence |access-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202201654/http://jemisonfoundation.org/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jemison was a professor of [[environmental studies]] at [[Dartmouth College]] from 1995 to 2002 where she directed the Jemison Institute for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries.<ref name="Bayer" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/science-clipping-sep-09-2004-1243110/|title=Every second counts|last=Peterson|first=Charles A.|date=September 9, 2004|work=[[The Granville Sentinel]]|access-date=June 30, 2019|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1999, she also became an [[Andrew Dickson White|Andrew D. White]] Professor-at-Large at [[Cornell University]].<ref name="Bayer" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/mae-jemison/|title=Jemison, Mae|website=[[National Women's Hall of Fame]]|language=en-US|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref> Jemison continues to advocate strongly in favor of science education and getting minority students interested in science.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Testimony of Mae Jemison: Achieving the Promise of a Diverse STEM Workforce
|url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/ocga/testimonies/116-session-1/mae-jemison/achieving-the-promise-of-a-diverse-stem-workforce
|journal=116th Congress (First Session)|date=May 9, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref> She is a member of various scientific organizations, such as the [[American Medical Association]], the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[Association of Space Explorers]] and the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref name="nasabio">{{cite web |author1=Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |author1-link=Johnson Space Center |title=Mae C. Jemison |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jemison_mae.pdf |website=Biographical Data |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507081641/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jemison_mae.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2021 |location=[[Houston, Texas]] |date=March 1993 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Jemison founded BioSentient Corp and obtained the license to commercialize AFTE, the technique she and Mohri tested on themselves during STS-47.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />

In 2012, Jemison made the winning bid for the DARPA [[100 Year Starship]] project through the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence. The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence was awarded a $500,000 grant for further work. The new organization maintained the organizational name 100 Year Starship. Jemison is the current principal of the 100 Year Starship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16427876|title=Former astronaut to lead starship effort|last=Weinberger|first=Sharon|date=January 5, 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812082906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16427876|archive-date=August 12, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref>

In 2018, she collaborated with [[Bayer Crop Science]] and [[4-H|National 4-H Council]] for the initiative named Science Matters which was aimed at encouraging young children to understand and pursue [[agricultural science]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mae-jemison-diversity-in-stem_us_5aa820ade4b001c8bf147eae|title=Mae Jemison: Diversity In STEM Isn't A Nicety, It's A Necessity|last=Pittman|first=Taylor|date=March 15, 2018|work=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830023955/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mae-jemison-diversity-in-stem_us_5aa820ade4b001c8bf147eae|archive-date=August 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/black-female-astronaut-space-offers-advice-young-girls/story?id=55351207|title=1st black female astronaut in space offers advice to young girls|last=Scott|first=Rachel|date=May 23, 2018|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072248/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/black-female-astronaut-space-offers-advice-young-girls/story?id=55351207|archive-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref>

== Books ==
Jemison's first book, ''Find Where the Wind Goes'' (2001), is a [[memoir]] of her life written for children.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zaleski|first=Jeff|date=March 19, 2001|title=Find Where the Wind Goes (Book Review)|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=4219377&site=ehost-live|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=248|issue=12|pages=101|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> She describes her childhood, her time at Stanford, in the Peace Corps and as an astronaut.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Isaacs|first=Kathleen|date=April 2001|title=Find Where the Wind Goes (Book Review)|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=4316111&site=ehost-live|journal=School Library Journal|volume=47|issue=4|pages=162|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> ''[[School Library Journal]]'' found the stories about her earlier life to be the most appealing.<ref name=":5" /> ''Book Report'' found that the autobiography gave a realistic view into her interactions with her professors, whose treatment of her was not based on her intelligence but on [[stereotype]]s of [[woman of color]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=September 2001|title=Find Where the Wind Goes (Book Review).|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5158714&site=ehost-live|journal=Book Report|volume=20|issue=2|pages=70|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

Her ''A True Book'' series of four children's books published in 2013 is co-authored with Dana Meachen Rau.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Ligamari|first=Joanne|date=November 2013|title=A True Book – Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=91688022&site=ehost-live|journal=Library Media Connection|volume=32|issue=3|pages=93|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> Each book in the series has a "Find the Truth" challenge, true or false questions answers to which are revealed at the end of the story.<ref name=":6" /> ''School Library Journal'' found the series to be "properly tantalizing surveys" of the [[Solar System]] but criticized the inclusion of a few outdated theories in [[physics]] and [[astronomy]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Peters|first=John|date=April 2013|title=Discovering New Planets/Exploring Our Sun/Journey Through Our Solar System/The 100 Year Starship|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=86693958&site=ehost-live|journal=School Library Journal|volume=59|issue=4|pages=98|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

== Public profile ==
[[File:Mae Jemison crop 2009 CHAO.jpg|thumb|right|Jemison at a symposium in 2009]]

[[LeVar Burton]] learned that Jemison was an avid ''Star Trek'' fan and asked her if she would be interested in being on the show. In 1993, Jemison appeared as Lieutenant Palmer in "[[Second Chances (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Second Chances]]", an episode of the science fiction television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', becoming the first real-life astronaut to appear on ''[[Star Trek]]''.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2026453.html|title=Mae Jemison had cameo in Star Trek: The Next Generation|date=January 5, 2005|website=Peace Corps Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907220641/http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2026453.html|archive-date=September 7, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vrrrm.com/tv/Space/05/mj050105.php|title=Transcript and images from HypaSpace featuring Dr. Mae C. Jemison|date=January 5, 2005|website=Vrrrm.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901194210/http://vrrrm.com/tv/Space/05/mj050105.php|archive-date=September 1, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref>

From 1999 to 2005, Jemison was appointed an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2002/03/former-astronaut-mae-jemison-visits-professor-large-march-25-30|title=Former astronaut Mae Jemison visits Cornell March 25–30 to give a lecture and meet with faculty, students and local officials|last=Lang|first=Susan A.|date=March 12, 2002|website=Cornell Chronicle|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/all-professors-at-large-1965-to-june-30-20222/|title=Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large|date=2019|website=Program for Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large}}</ref>

Jemison is an active public speaker who appears before private and public groups promoting science and technology. "Having been an astronaut gives me a platform," says Jemison, "but I'd blow it if I just talked about the Shuttle." Jemison uses her platform to speak out on the gap in the quality of health-care between the United States and the [[Third World]], saying that "Martin Luther King [Jr.]{{Nbsp}}... didn't just have a dream, he got things done."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physorg.com/news9939.html|title=Astronaut Mae Jemison moves to new career|date=January 17, 2006|website=Phys.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916125405/http://www.physorg.com/news9939.html|archive-date=September 16, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> Jemison has also appeared as host and technical consultant of the science series ''[[World of Wonder (TV series)|World of Wonder]]'' which aired on the [[Discovery Channel]] from 1994 to 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA363|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|date=2009|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-307-48320-1|pages=363|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Uhl|first1=Xina M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLPXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|title=Mae Jemison: First Female African American Astronaut|last2=Alagna|first2=Magdalena|date=2019|publisher=Rosen Publishing|isbn=978-1-7253-4049-7|pages=86|language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, Jemison participated in ''[[African American Lives]]'', a [[PBS]] television miniseries hosted by [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.]], that traces the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical research and genetic techniques.<ref name="Genetic">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/31/DDGQ2GVQUL1.DTL|title='African American Lives' traces roots around the world|last=Ryan|first=Suzanne C.|date=January 31, 2006|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=October 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203174619/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F01%2F31%2FDDGQ2GVQUL1.DTL|archive-date=February 3, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Jemison found to her surprise that she is 13% [[East Asia]]n in her genetic makeup.<ref name="Genetic" /> She also learned that some of her paternal ancestors were slaves at a plantation in [[Talladega County, Alabama|Talladega County]], Alabama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/aalives/2006/profile_jemison2.html|title=''African American Lives'' – Profiles: Mae Jemison|date=2006|website=[[Thirteen (PBS)|Thirteen]] ([[PBS]])|access-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>

Jemison participated in the Red Dress Heart Truth fashion show, wearing [[Lyn Devon]], during the 2007 [[New York Fashion Week]] to help raise money to fight heart disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=5ccc7fdf-4a85-4afc-824d-ef40591b11c3&k=60036|title=Celeb models wear red for charity as NY fashion week opens 8 days of previews|website=Canada.com|date=February 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105023234/http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=5ccc7fdf-4a85-4afc-824d-ef40591b11c3&k=60036|archive-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May of the same year, she was the graduation commencement speaker and only the 11th person in the 52-year history of [[Harvey Mudd College]] to be awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Engineering|D.Eng.]] degree.<ref name="Harvey Mudd College">{{cite web|url=https://www.hmc.edu/old-news/commencement2007.php|title=HMC Honors Grads at 49th Commencement|website=hmc.edu|publisher=Harvey Mudd College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232841/https://www.hmc.edu/old-news/commencement2007.php|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref>

On February 17, 2008, Jemison was the featured speaker for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]], the first sorority established by African-American college women. Jemison paid tribute to Alpha Kappa Alpha by carrying the sorority's banner with her on her shuttle flight. Her space suit is a part of the sorority's national traveling Centennial Exhibit. Jemison is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2008-02-18-0802170163-story.html|title=Former astronaut urges audience to learn science|last=Trischitta|first=Linda|date=February 18, 2008|website=Sun-Sentinel|language=en-US|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

Jemison participated with First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] in a forum for promising girls in the [[Washington, D.C.]] public schools in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-michelle-obama-031909-2009mar19-story.html|title=First lady tells students to aim their goals high|last=Superville|first=Darlene|date=March 19, 2009|work=San Diego Tribune|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912014407/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-michelle-obama-031909-2009mar19-story.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2014, Jemison also appeared at [[Wayne State University]] for their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Luncheon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wayne.edu/newsroom/release/2014/01/13/former-nasa-astronaut-mae-jemison-to-deliver-keynote-during-wayne-states-annual-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-tribute-5175|title=Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison to deliver keynote during Wayne State's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute|date=January 13, 2014|work=Wayne State University|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012349/https://wayne.edu/newsroom/release/2014/01/13/former-nasa-astronaut-mae-jemison-to-deliver-keynote-during-wayne-states-annual-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-tribute-5175|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> In 2016, she partnered with [[Bayer Corporation]] to promote and advance science literacy in schools, emphasizing hands-on experimentation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708260/the_anniston_star/|title=Stop Taking All the Fun Out of Science, Astronaut Mae Jemison Pleads|last=Stevens|first=Heidi|date=October 4, 2015|work=The Anniston Star|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912101941/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708260/the_anniston_star/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|page=34|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

She took part in the [[Michigan State University]]'s lecture series, "Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey", in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708067/lansing_state_journal/|title=First Black Female Astronaut a Speaker|last=Dozier|first=Vickki|date=February 1, 2017|work=Lansing State Journal|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055607/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708067/lansing_state_journal/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|page=A3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In May 2017, Jemison gave the commencement speech at [[Rice University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rice.edu/2016/12/19/former-astronaut-mae-jemison-to-speak-at-rices-2017-commencement/|title=Former Astronaut Mae Jemison to speak at Rice's 2017 Commencement|last1=Almond|first1=B.J.|website=Rice University|publisher=Rice University News & Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502221052/http://news.rice.edu/2016/12/19/former-astronaut-mae-jemison-to-speak-at-rices-2017-commencement/|archive-date=May 2, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> She discussed the 100 Year Plan, science and education and other topics at [[Western Michigan University]] also in May 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13707863/battle_creek_enquirer/|title=Blaze a Path to Alpha Centauri|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Andy|date=March 25, 2017|work=Battle Creek Enquirer|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055902/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13707863/battle_creek_enquirer/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live|pages=A3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In 2017, [[LEGO]] released the "Women of NASA" set, with [[Lego minifigure|minifigures]] of Jemison, [[Margaret Hamilton (scientist)|Margaret Hamilton]], [[Sally Ride]], and [[Nancy Grace Roman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lego-female-scientists-engineers-nasa-kit-2017-11|title=Women of NASA Lego toy set now on sale for $24.99|author=Science|date=June 22, 2017|magazine=Business Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101183328/http://www.businessinsider.com/lego-female-scientists-engineers-nasa-kit-2017-11|archive-date=November 1, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/01/517968169/women-of-nasa-to-be-immortalized-in-lego-form|title=Women Of NASA To Be Immortalized – In Lego Form|last=Kennedy|first=Merrit|date=March 1, 2017|work=NPR|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910134907/http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/01/517968169/women-of-nasa-to-be-immortalized-in-lego-form|archive-date=September 10, 2017|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> The [[Google Doodle]] on March 8, 2019 ([[International Women's Day]]) featured a quote from Jemison: "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/53907-mae-jemison-google-doodle|title=On International Women's Day, Google Celebrates NASA Pioneer Mae Jemison|last=Sloat|first=Sarah|date=March 8, 2019|work=Inverse|access-date=March 17, 2019|quote=Jemison, famously the first African-American woman to go to space, is quoted from a talk she gave in 2009 at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Her full statement reads: Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations... If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out... You can hear other people's wisdom, but you've got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Jemison built a dance studio in her home and has choreographed and produced several shows of modern jazz and African dance.<ref name="Determined" /><ref name="Whatwas" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oprah.com/spirit/mae-jemisons-aha-moment|title=Mae Jemison's Aha! Moment|work=Oprah.com|access-date=May 25, 2019|language=en-us|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526022129/https://www.oprah.com/spirit/mae-jemisons-aha-moment|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the spring of 1996, Jemison filed a complaint against a Texas police officer, accusing him of police brutality during a traffic stop that ended in her arrest. She was pulled over by [[Nassau Bay, Texas|Nassau Bay]] police officer Henry Hughes for allegedly making an illegal [[U-turn]] and arrested after Hughes learned of an outstanding warrant on Jemison for a [[Traffic ticket|speeding ticket]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13705400/the_galveston_daily_news/|title=Astronaut's Arrest Leads to Officer's Suspension|date=March 1, 1996|work=The Galveston Daily News|access-date=September 11, 2017|pages=8|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13705400/the_galveston_daily_news/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In the process of arresting her, the officer twisted her wrist and forced her to the ground, as well as having her walk barefooted from the patrol car into the police station.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVNv9iPupkIC&pg=PA64|title=The Color of Crime|last=Russell-Brown|first=Katheryn|date=2009|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-7617-9|pages=64|language=en<!--|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRcUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR52 -->}}</ref> In her complaint, Jemison said the officer physically and emotionally mistreated her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-01/news/9603010227_1_mae-jemison-warrant-internal-affairs-division|author=Gary Borg|title=Ex-astronaut Jemison Accuses Cop Of Brutality|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 1, 1996|access-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222174922/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-01/news/9603010227_1_mae-jemison-warrant-internal-affairs-division|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jemison's attorney said she believed she had already paid the speeding ticket years ago.<ref name=":4" /> She spent several hours in jail and was treated at an area hospital after release for deep bruises and a head injury.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13710140/the_galveston_daily_news/|title=Lawsuit: Ex-astronaut Roughed-Up, Handcuffed|date=April 22, 1997|work=The Galveston Daily News|access-date=September 11, 2017|pages=5|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13710140/the_galveston_daily_news/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Nassau Bay officer was suspended with pay pending an investigation,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 18, 1996|title=Former Astronaut Mae Jemison Arrested in Texas; Files Complaint Against White Police Officer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|magazine=Jet |volume=89|issue=18|pages=8}}</ref> but the police investigation cleared him of wrongdoing.<ref name=":2" /> She filed a lawsuit against the city of Nassau Bay and the officer.<ref name=":7" />

== Honors and awards ==
[[File:Jemison stamp.jpg|thumb|right|Jemison on 1996 [[Azerbaijan|Azeri]] postage stamp]]
* 1988 ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]'' Science and Technology Award<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAXWwVrc9TsC&pg=PA176|title=Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science|last1=Gubert|first1=Betty Kaplan|last2=Sawyer|first2=Miriam|last3=Fannin|first3=Caroline M.|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-246-1|pages=176|language=en}}</ref>
* 1990 [[Gamma Sigma Sigma]] Woman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|last=Jemison|first=Mae|title=Fast Facts|url=http://www.gammasigmasigma.org/facts/Facts/2|work=Honorary Member|publisher=Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, Inc.|access-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204032801/http://www.gammasigmasigma.org/facts/Facts/2|archive-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref>
* 1991 ''McCall's'' 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&pg=PA372|title=Encyclopedia of World Scientists|last=Oakes|first=Elizabeth H.|date=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1882-6|page=372|language=en}}</ref>
* 1992 [[Johnson Publishing Company|Johnson Publications]] Black Achievement Trailblazers Award<ref name=":1" />
* 1992 ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' Black Achievement Award<ref name="Bio" /><ref name=":0" />
* 1993 [[National Women's Hall of Fame]]<ref name=":0" />
* 1993 ''Ebony'' magazine 50 Most Influential women<ref name=":1" />
* 1993 Kilby Science Award<ref name=":0" />
* 1993 Montgomery Fellow, [[Dartmouth College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montgomery.dartmouth.edu/mae-c-jemison|title=Mae C. Jemison|website=The Montgomery Fellows|date=December 28, 2016|publisher=Dartmouth College|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112140545/http://montgomery.dartmouth.edu/mae-c-jemison|archive-date=November 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1993 ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/the-50-most-beautiful-people-in-the-world-vol-39-no-17/|title=The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World|volume=39|number=17|date=May 3, 1993|work=People|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012624/http://people.com/archive/the-50-most-beautiful-people-in-the-world-vol-39-no-17/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1993 Turner Trumpet Award<ref name=":1" />
* 2002 listed among the [[100 Greatest African Americans]] according to [[Molefi Kete Asante]]<ref>Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). ''100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. Amherst, New York. Prometheus Books. {{ISBN|1-57392-963-8}}.</ref>
* 2002 [[Texas Women's Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twu.edu/twhf/honorees/mae-jemison/|title=Mae Jemison|website=Texas Women's Hall of Fame|publisher=Texas Woman's University|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011712/https://www.twu.edu/twhf/honorees/mae-jemison/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2003 Intrepid Award by the National Organization for Girls<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/jemison.html|title=NOW's First Annual Intrepid Awards Gala: Dr. Mae C. Jemison|date=July 10, 2003|website=National Organization for Women|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318062145/http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/jemison.html|archive-date=March 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2004 [[List of inductees in the International Space Hall of Fame|International Space Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=151|title=Mae Carol Jemison|website=International Space Hall of Fame|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Space History|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615152051/http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=151|archive-date=June 15, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29988299/el_paso_times/|title=X-Prize Group Founder to Speak at Induction|newspaper=El Paso Times|location=El Paso, Texas|date=October 17, 2004|page=59|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* 2005 The National Audubon Society, [[Rachel Carson Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.audubon.org/about/rachel-carson-award-honorees|title=The Rachel Carson Award Honorees|date=February 23, 2016|work=Audubon|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910072136/http://www.audubon.org/about/rachel-carson-award-honorees|archive-date=September 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Buzz Aldrin]] Space Pioneer Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13707795/pensacola_news_journal/|title=Aldrin Foundation Raises Money for Space Education|last=Leonard|first=Suzy Fleming|date=July 16, 2017|work=Pensacola News Journal|access-date=September 11, 2017|page=A2|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012247/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13707795/pensacola_news_journal/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019 [[Florida Southern College]] Honorary Chancellor<ref name="Jemison">{{Cite news|url=https://www.flsouthern.edu/news/honorary-chancellor-named-at-2019-founders-day-con.aspx|title=Honorary Chancellor Named at 2019 Founders Day Convocation|last=Jemison|first=Mae|date=March 15, 2019|work=Florida Southern News Center|access-date=March 18, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2021 [[Sylvanus Thayer Award]] from the [[United States Military Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Mae C. Jemison to Receive 2021 Sylvanus Thayer Award |url=https://www.westpointaog.org/thayerawardmaejemisonannouncement |website=West Point Association of Graduates|date=October 7, 2021 }}</ref>

=== Institutions ===
* 1992 Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, [[Wilbur Wright College]], Chicago, Illinois<ref name=":0" />
* 1992 Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in [[Detroit, Michigan]]<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" />
* 2001 Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in [[Hazel Crest, Illinois]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phsd144.net/maejemison|title=Mae Jemison School / Homepage|website=Prairie Hills School District|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011931/https://www.phsd144.net/maejemison|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2007 Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter school in Baltimore, Maryland<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/domain/9737|title=About Our School / The BDJ Way: School History|website=Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912020052/http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/domain/9737|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> (closed in 2013)<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Erica L.|date=June 11, 2013|title=City school board approves three new charters|work=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-charter-school-vote-20130611-story.html |access-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000045/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-charter-school-vote-20130611-story.html |archive-date=February 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West]], a Middle/High School in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
* 2013 [[Jemison High School (Huntsville)|Jemison High School]], [[Huntsville, Alabama]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/01/huntsville_boe_jan_27.html|title=Jemison High School, McNair Junior High construction soon to be underway|last=Bonvillian|first=Crystal|date=January 27, 2015|work=AL.com|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055129/http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/01/huntsville_boe_jan_27.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Honorary doctorates ===
* 1991 Doctor of Letters, [[Winston-Salem State University|Winston-Salem College]], North Carolina<ref name="nasabio" />
* 1991 Doctor of Science, [[Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)|Lincoln College]], Pennsylvania<ref name="nasabio" />
* 2000 Doctor of Humanities, [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/31/nyregion/commencements-remember-ethics-graduates-are-told.html|title=Commencements; Remember Ethics, Graduates Are Told|date=May 31, 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 10, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2005 Doctor of Science, [[Warren Wilson College|Wilson College]], North Carolina<ref>{{cite news|last=Jessee|first=Willa|url=http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/news05.txt|title=Kids join moms in graduation line|place=Carlisle, Pennsylvania|work=The Sentinel|date=May 23, 2005| access-date= February 2, 2007| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120729020556/http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/news05.txt| archive-date= July 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2006 Doctor of Science, [[Dartmouth College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/summer06/html/vs_worthy_of_note.php|title=Worthy of note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.|date=Summer 2006|website=Dartmouth Medicine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719183130/http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/summer06/html/vs_worthy_of_note.php|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>
* 2007 Doctor of Engineering, [[Harvey Mudd College]]<ref name="Harvey Mudd College" />
* 2007 Doctor of Engineering, [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2159|title=Honorary degrees bestowed upon distinguished guests|date=May 19, 2007|website=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035940/http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2159|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>
* 2008 Doctor of Humanities, [[DePaul University]]<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Fall 2017|title=Class Notes|url=https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1121&context=depaul-magazine#page=9|journal=DePaul Magazine|volume=1|issue=412020|pages=37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wdat.is.depaul.edu/newsroom/year_2008/1785.html|title=DePaul to Welcome Array of Luminaries at 2008 Commencements|date=June 13, 2008|website=DePaul University|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>
* 2009 Doctor of Engineering, [[Polytechnic Institute of NYU]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rpi.edu/luwakkey/2114|title=Entrepreneur and Astronaut Mae Jemison To Receive Honorary Degree at Rensselaer|date=May 1, 2007|website=RPI News|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910202203/http://news.rpi.edu/luwakkey/2114|archive-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019 Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Florida Southern College]]<ref name="Jemison" />
* 2019 Doctor of Humane Letters, [[University of Arizona]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-08 |title=COH to Award Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Mae C. Jemison |url=https://africana.arizona.edu/news/coh-award-honorary-doctorate-dr-mae-c-jemison |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Department of Africana Studies {{!}} University of Arizona |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020 Doctor Honoris Causa, [[KU Leuven]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laudatio - Motivatio Mae Jemison |url=https://www.kuleuven.be/over-kuleuven/eredoctoraten/2020/2020-eredoctoraat-mae-jemison/laudatio-motivatio |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=www.kuleuven.be |language=nl}}</ref>
* 2022 Doctor of Science, [[Washington University in St. Louis]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keaggy |first=Diane Toroian |date=2022-03-25 |title=Astronaut Mae Jemison to deliver Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2022/03/astronaut-mae-jemison-to-deliver-commencement-address-at-washington-university-in-st-louis/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=The Source |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2022 Doctor of Science, [[Clarkson University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mae Jemison awarded Clarkson University honorary degree |url=https://www.nny360.com/news/stlawrencecounty/mae-jemison-awarded-clarkson-university-honorary-degree/article_c6d0e571-63c1-522a-bac5-449c02b7ec96.html |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=NNY360 |date=May 22, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2023 Doctor of Engineering, [[University College Dublin]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2023 |title=University College Dublin Conferring Ceremony |url=https://www.ucd.ie/confer/t4media/4%20September%202023%20at%2011.30%20am%20%20Programme.pdf |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=ucd.ie}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1993) – Lieutenant Palmer, episode "[[Second Chances (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Second Chances]]"<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[Susan B. Anthony]] Slept Here'' (1995) – herself<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://films.com/title/6017|title=Susan B. Anthony Slept Here|website=Films Media Group|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912101909/https://films.com/title/6017|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond'' (1996) – herself<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13710094/marshfield_newsherald/|title=Star Trek Trip Lasts 30 Years|date=October 7, 1996|work=[[Marshfield News-Herald]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=September 11, 2017|pages=1|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912060035/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13710094/marshfield_newsherald/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''The New Explorers'' (1998) – episode "Endeavor"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/03/09/real-life-wiseguys/|title=Real-life Wiseguys|last=Kogan|first=Rick|date=March 9, 1993|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=September 11, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012156/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-03-09/features/9303190278_1_crime-new-explorers-prison-term|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[How William Shatner Changed the World]]'' (2005) – herself<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146025795.html|title=We Owe It All to Captain Kirk|date=May 21, 2006|work=Sunday Mercury|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011745/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146025795.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=dead|url-access=}}</ref>
* ''[[African American Lives]]'' (2006) – herself<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/aalives/2006/profile_jemison.html|title=Mae Jemison|work=African American Lives|publisher=PBS.org| access-date= September 11, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055222/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/2006/profile_jemison.html| archive-date= September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''No Gravity'' (2011) – herself<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://1015productions.fr/en/portfolio_page/no-gravity/|title=No Gravity|website=10:15 Productions|language=en-US|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012040/http://1015productions.fr/en/portfolio_page/no-gravity/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[The Real (TV series)|The Real]]'' (2016) – herself<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708165/courierpost/|title=Talk Shows|date=July 20, 2016|work=Courier-Post|access-date=September 11, 2017|page=D6|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912060017/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13708165/courierpost/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur]]'' (2023) – Skipster (voice), episode "Skip Ad...olescense"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/pressrelease/march-2023-programming-highlights/|title=Disney Channel March 2023 Highlights|website=Disney ABC Press|access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

== Publications ==
* {{cite book|last=Jemison|first=Mae|title=S.E.E.ing the Future: Science, Engineering and Education|year=2001|url=http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED464816|format=PDF|publisher=Dartmouth College|location=Hanover, NH|id=[[ERIC]] ED464816|page=56}}
* She contributed the piece "Outer Space: The Worldly Frontier" to the 2003 anthology ''[[Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium]]'', edited by [[Robin Morgan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sisterhoodisfore00morg|title=Library Resource Finder: Table of Contents for: Sisterhood is forever : the women's anth|access-date=October 15, 2015|isbn=978-0743466271|last1=Morgan|first1=Robin|year=2003|publisher=Washington Square Press |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Books===
* {{cite book|last=Jemison|first=Mae|title=Find where the wind goes: moments from my life|year=2001|publisher=Scholastic|location=New York|isbn=978-0-439-13196-4|oclc=44548911|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/findingwherewind00jemi}}
* {{cite book|last1=Jemison|first1=Mae|last2=Rau|first2=Dana Meachen|title=Journey Through Our Solar System (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship)|year=2013|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-531-24061-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Jemison|first1=Mae|last2=Rau|first2=Dana Meachen|title=Discovering New Planets (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship)|year=2013|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-531-24063-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/discoveringnewpl0000jemi}}
* {{cite book|last1=Jemison|first1=Mae|last2=Rau|first2=Dana Meachen|title=Exploring Our Sun (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship)|year=2013|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-531-24062-5}}
* {{cite book|last1=Jemison|first1=Mae|last2=Rau|first2=Dana Meachen|title=The 100 Year Starship (True Books: Dr. Mae Jemison and 100 Year Starship)|year=2013|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-531-24060-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/astronaut0000jemi}}

== See also ==
* [[List of African-American astronauts]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Blue, Rose J. ''Mae Jemison: Out of this World'', Millbrook Press, 2003 – {{ISBN|0-7613-2570-0}}
* Burby, Liza N. ''Mae Jemison: The First African American Woman Astronaut'', The Rosen Publishing Group, 1997 – {{ISBN|0-8239-5027-1}}
* Canizares, Susan. ''Voyage of Mae Jemison'', Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999 – {{ISBN|0-613-22577-5}}
* Ceasor, Ebraska D. ''Mae C. Jemison: First Black Female Astronaut'', New Day Press, 1992.
* Polette, Nancy. ''Mae Jemison'', Scholastic Library Publishing, 2003 – {{ISBN|0-516-27783-9}}
* Sakurai, Gail. ''Mae Jemison: Space Scientist'', Scholastic Library Publishing, 1996 – {{ISBN|0-516-44194-9}}
* Yannuzzi, Della A. ''Mae Jemison: A Space Biography'', Enslow Publishers, 1998 – {{ISBN|0-89490-813-8}}

== External links ==
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* [https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jemison_mae.pdf Biography] at NASA
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* [http://www.makers.com/mae-jemison Mae Jemison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302030010/http://www.makers.com/mae-jemison |date=March 2, 2017 }} – Video produced by ''[[Makers: Women Who Make America]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190722021141/https://www.pbs.org/video/pba-specials-stories-atlanta-boldly-going-and-taking-stuff/ "Stories of Atlanta – Boldly Going ... And Taking Stuff"]

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