Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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In 1959 police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy refused to leave after being told the library was not for Black people. The boy Ronald McNair went on to get a PhD in physics from MIT and became an astronaut. That library is now named after him.

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Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. NASA selected Dr. Ride as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. She began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983. (NASA) [2,790 x 3,487]

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Mae Jemison: The first African American woman to go to space through NASA

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The Challenger crew smiling for photos before boarding their shuttle in 1986. Just 73 seconds after launch, the spacecraft exploded, killing all seven astronauts. The photo captures the calm moments before one of the most infamous space disasters in history.

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This is Ronald McNair. At 9, he was kicked out of a segregated library. He grew up to earn a PhD in Physics from MIT, became a NASA astronaut, and today, that same library is named after him.

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54 years ago today, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. #WomenInScience

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Let us never forget those who we have lost in our noble quest to know our place in the universe on this the 16th anniversary of the Columbia Disaster.

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34 years ago, STS-51L was launched today. Due to well blow LCC temperatures, a leak in the right SRB aft joint caused hot gasses to melt and eventually erupt the external tank. This cause LOCV and all 7 astronauts were killed. They will never be forgotten. RIP