![]() Jemison also founded BioSentient Corp and obtained the license to commercialize A.F.T.E. The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence was involved in many non-profit programs they aimed to educate children about science and technology. She also established a non-profit educational foundation named after her mother. She intended to form her own company she later founded a technology research company called The Jemison Group Inc. Jemison resigned from NASA in 1993 after her return from the eight-day shuttle mission. ![]() As an astronaut, Jemison only flew one space mission in her career ― the 1992 mission on STS-47. However, due to a disaster with one of their shuttles, NASA postponed selecting new candidates Jemison reapplied in 1987. She had dreams of becoming an astronaut and applied for NASA in 1985. She is an engineer and physician and was with NASA as a mission specialist on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour.Before joining NASA, Jemison was a doctor for the Peace Corps from 1983 until 1985. ![]() She is the youngest of three children and the first African American woman to become an astronaut and travel to space. ![]() ![]() Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, on October 17, 1956. ![]()
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