Dr. Mae Jemison describes her journey from space-loving girl in Chicago to astronaut looking down on Chicago and thinking about her younger self.
Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space – she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her attention to the 100 Year Starship, which she says is “pursuing an extraordinary tomorrow to create a better world today.” In her spare moments, Mae is a lifelong and accomplished dancer.
Source: NOVA’s “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers”