梅·杰米森

Mae Jemison

生卒: 1956 年 10 月 17 日
出生地: 迪凯特
国籍 / 所属: 美国
身份: 航天员、演员、医生、工程师、教授、物理学家、儿童文学作家
本名: Mae Carol Jeminson
原文名: Mae Carol Jemison
就读: 斯坦福大学、威尔·康奈尔医学院、Stanford University School of Engineering、Morgan Park High School
任职机构: 美国国家航空航天局
所属组织: 美国科学进步协会、阿尔法·卡巴·阿尔法
简述: 美国医生、NASA宇航员

梅·杰米森（英语：Mae Carol Jemison，1956年10月17日—），美国首位非裔女太空人，于奋进号航天飞机任务中司职任务专员。

正文摘自中文维基百科「梅·杰米森」（节选，删去了参考文献、表格和图片），按 CC BY-SA 4.0 使用；在维基百科读全文 ›

英文维基百科的更多内容

中文维基百科这一条比较短，下面是英文维基百科同一条目的节选，原文为英文，未翻译。

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 in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected 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 and African and African-American studies. She then earned her medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison served as 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 has also written several books for children and appeared on television, including in a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.

Early life

Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956, the youngest of three children of Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Jemison (née Green).……

Medical career

Jemison attended Cornell Medical School and, during her training, traveled to Cuba to conduct a study funded by the American Medical Student Association and to Thailand, where she worked at a Cambodian refugee camp. She also worked for Flying Doctors stationed in East Africa.……

NASA career

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.……

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, on mission STS-47, a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan, as well as the 50th shuttle mission.……

Post-NASA career

Jemison served on the board of directors of the World Sickle Cell Foundation from 1990 to 1992. In 1993, she founded The Jemison Group Inc., a consulting firm which considers the sociocultural impact of technological advancements and design.

Books

Jemison's first book, Find Where the Wind Goes (2001), is a memoir of her life written for children. She describes her childhood, her time at Stanford, in the Peace Corps, and as an astronaut. School Library Journal found the stories about her earlier life to be the most appealing.……

Public profile

LeVar Burton learned that Jemison was an avid Star Trek fan and asked her if she would be interested in being on the show.……

Personal life

Jemison built a dance studio in her home and has choreographed and produced several shows of modern jazz and African dance.

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.……