Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to go to space. In NASA's early days, women ...

STEM professional has been at the forefront of integrating the physical and social sciences with art and culture to solve problems and foster innovation Dr. Jemison has led an amazing and well-rounded ...

The first black woman to ever venture into space chided a CBS anchor after the journalist used the term “mankind” in an interview with her leading up to Blue Origin’s historic all-female flight Monday ...

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen the team that will manage its “100 Year Starship” project – and its leader will be Mae Jemison, who was the first black woman in ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Dr. Mae Jemison, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, derailed an interview with CBS host Vladimir Duthiers on Monday after he used the word “mankind.” Duthiers ...