Mae Jemison was the first black female astronaut. She was born on October 17, 1956. When Mae was 3 she moved to Chicago, which she considers her hometown. From early life she was very interested in science and her parents supported her desire to become a scientist. Mae Jemison was chosen to go into space on June 4, 1987. Soon later, after more than a year of training the became the first black female astronaut.On September 12, 1992 Mae and six other people boarded the Endeavour space shuttle. She spent eight days in space and did 126 orbits around Earth. During this time she experienced many different things, including motion sickness. On the space shuttle she was a mission specialist. The shuttle landed at the Kennedy space center. This
