Making space for women: for three Black, female astronauts, the sky is the limit.(Joan E. Higginbotham, Mae C. Jemison, Stephanie Wilson )

From: Ebony | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Henderson, Shirley | Copyright information

WHEN astronaut Stephanie Wilson ascends into space this summer as the second African-American female to do so, the world will once again collectively look to the skies, captivated by space exploration.

Wilson's journey on the Space Shuttle Discovery as one of a 7-person crew aboard mission STS-121 comes 14 years after the historic flight of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel into space. Since Dr. Jemison's groundbreaking efforts in aeronautics, W...

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