Mae Jemison: I Wanted To Go Into Space

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.
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[@sonnyblack0870]

Mae Jemison is what you would call a role model.

[@tj591]

Yes

[@kidlegendgamer3023]

ya she Is

[@grandrisingbuddha9174]

Yes 1:11

[@GrumpyRumpy213]

Didn't age well lol she took pics in a studio lol star trek star lol 😅😅😅

[@shumailashaikh9558]

People like her deserve more recognition

[@GBC1025]

Dr. Mae Jemison inspired me to become an engineer. What an incredible person!

[@familiagilgomez7430]

Q M

[@chocolatethundercherry143]

She broke sooo many barriers ❤️😭❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@peechyman]

I have loved her since I was a kid and saw her in JET magazine in her astronaut uniform and we share the same last name... this is one powerful, crazy brilliant, beautiful black queen... my favorite woman of all time.

[@tenacioustrees.8737]

😊 awwww how sweet ♥️♥️♥️

[@ineswainstein9343]

hi

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

And, you know she is not dead or anything. They always need Doctors down in McMyrtle station, Antarctica. There is still much work to be done defeating COVID -19, one of the most prolific and expansive reaching plagues in all of human history! Oh, yes. When the war in Ukraine ends, I am sure many people will need all different kinds of prosthetic body parts. With the right researchers, I think the science of "Biomedical Prosthetics" could grow by leaps and bounds in the next few decades! 😀

[@chaseofori-atta2225]

Mae Jemison is truly a blueprint for the formula of hard work, perseverance, & skillset--your accomplishments are timeless!

[@lavernesteadman503]

Dr, Mae Jemison has been an amazing African American Woman for my entire life. Thanks for the motivation since Black History African American Teleconference- EP Dr. Marianna W. Davis.

[@marshmarlow4197]

Mae you have been my role model since I was in 3rd grade. Thank you

[@vishalmodi7210]

me to

[@vishalmodi7210]

What Mae Jenison did is amazing!

[@danielnava8582]

what did she do?

[@EvaAnika]

I love her! Always have.

[@ivieaibangbee6997]

I Saw her today at the IBM Think show in Vegas she is so humble and beautiful inside and out

[@ivieaibangbee6997]

@Maxi the BOSS and mr creeper Am not as dumb as you are dear if I said I saw her in person I did my eyes work perfectly honey may be you should do some research if really she attended IBM think show in Vegas 2years ago before you come on here to type shit.

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

That was four years ago now, History itself has not just turned a new page, but started a new chapter. I wonder what she is doing now?

[@awesomegirl97]

I didn't know she was from Chicago! Such an amazing woman!

[@Ken-iu2zp]

Grammy Winner She was born in the south

[@jeremynelson1741]

She’s originally from Decatur Al

[@JulieAnnRacino]

We love the part about Shedd Aquarium on Lake Michigan and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry as part of her growing up in Chicago, Illinois. Julie Ann Racino, Cuomo Democrats of New York, National Democratic Party, 2021

[@bestiesforlife9246]

She is such an inspiration to all the kids who are afraid of taking risks

[@bcarrozza7144]

What an amazing human!

[@carlsagan495]

Absolutely inspiring! Dr Mae you may never read this comment, but you are beauty personified in all aspects.

[@DmarquettePainter]

Man I remember being a teenager and always seeing her in books and thinking that she was soooo beautiful. And so many years later, she still is. Such natural beauty

[@shirleydavis6615]

Yesssss !!!!!!! Im from Chicago and most of my family are from in live on the South side

[@tomisinajayi8439]

Hi Dr. Jemison!!!!! I will see you at We Day on Tuesday, November 3 this this year!!!!! (2015)

[@karon-pw4yh]

+Tomisin Ajayi ayy thats cool

[@wandadelarosa7670]

encouraging

[@theonlykyan2453]

I met her at my school she gave a speech

[@Ken-iu2zp]

Kyan’s World Which school?

[@adebukolaadesina7491]

That is so cool😎

[@dekuisdope3844]

Lucky!!

[@tilmannpuschka1216]

Brilliant.

[@personhuman3632]

Grew up in the sixties ,South side of Chicago Dreamed of going to space as a young girl She went to medical school for biomedical engineering and also worked at a refugee camp She wanted to take a poster of Judith Jamison,a bundle statue for the woman's society in West africa and a flag for the alpha kapa alpha sorority because she wanted them to be included

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

Let's face it, if you can look up at the sky and see the stars, in South Chicago at night, you can do anything! #lightpollution. 😄

[@joejoeblackman9333]

Oh Yeah! I've always thought she's a natural beautiful woman during her space days. Looking at a much more mature woman now. She's still beautiful and carries a mature sexiness. As well of a trailblazer.

[@qualonthespeedster4105]

So cool

[@Makinnaa]

Wow this is cool!!!!!!

[@fena456]

I am going to read your Book

[@claudiadecourcey5601]

Omg!I am such a big fan!When I grow up, I want to be exactly like you.I want to be very successful!

[@richarddaniel1350]

You are still fine!!

[@Malliex]

it was good for lerning new stuff.

[@kojoman75]

Very enlightening. :-)

[@bellam6401]

who else is doing a project on her in black history month

[@meltedtuber9347]

Cool

[@harrietnelson6048]

You look fantastic !My aunt Lela Williams knew you and my mother friends with your uncle.

[@ImRobertoOficial]

space is reallly coll

[@negatron3000]

What a badass!!!

[@TSR228]

🖤💕👸🏾

[@ownedbymomo]

I saw this at school

[@SolarToker]

💯❤

[@dinyzeng8845]

Now I am a kid I like to go to space

[@hiii1235]

I’m doing a history project of her

[@adebukolaadesina7491]

I am also doing a black history project on her

[@dekuisdope3844]

Same except I have to do a rhyming poem

[@anacruz379]

wow the first women in space

[@mysterioustftgwoman1411]

Who’s here for school?- 😎👍

[@xiaotian4547]

Mr clarks science classsss

[@d.g91]

It was an honor to do my black history project about her

[@FBI_VALGAR91]

I know her but people don't believe me heres a fact she has like 50 cats,don't play with the old cat Dallas,feed mod at least 1 piece of your food if you visit, she has a super tall house, she has 3 sets of stairs, and her husband is mean ok that's it PLEASE BELIEVE ME

[@panducation4119]

My forever crush lol. She had me by alot of years but so what lol

[@shumailashaikh9558]

I can't even get done with a single degree

[@kae8810]

I am writing a report about her

[@LB-vq8iz]

I want to learn more about you 😀😀😀

[@iikxisx2921]

IM HER IN IN READING IK I MADE A CAMP FOR TEENS IK U WERE A TEACHER DOCTOR AUTHOR ANF SCIENTIST U WERE THE FIRTS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE

[@Zero11s]

"I studied all the things" put as much junk into your head as possible -really smart

[@chiefe3156]

Zero11s ummm Can it BE ANY SMARTER?!?! Duhhh she BECAME AN ASTRONAUT I hope u have gotten wiser in 2yrs

[@Zero11s]

Astronauts are liars check my Flat Earth Stuff Playlist

[@sodacushion2815]

@@Zero11s "put as much junk into my head as possible": the irony

[@Zero11s]

@@sodacushion2815there is no irony Globtard

[@EvilFood]

Is that duct tape at 1:56?

[@Hubcaps219]

BHM anyone?

[@samuelsantiago4485]

im doing a project on you

[@ell1534]

I'm also doing a project on her for black history month

[@terrene561]

Ellen omg me too

[@carlawhitehead2750]

Me too

[@PNKY0]

Me too I have to dress up like her and I have to remember all of this for acting

[@almondmilk5006]

anyone else from 6th hour science lmao

[@ryandukes609]

I wrote a biography about you

[@barryjames991]

Hi Dr did NASA really go into space .. Is the 🌎 flat seeing alot of proof saying its flat ..help

[@dekuisdope3844]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ITS NOT FLAT 😂

[@androoloo1697]

im just doing a black history month project and got to my last slide . I cant seem to find when Mae Jemison died and literally had a slide called "The End" 😂 luckily I found this video before I turned the project in

[@lilyraimey3499]

Now THIS is what I find attractive in a woman! No need to be naked, ladies.

[@kaizoku3996]

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[@kaitlynchin7556]

I'm doing a book report on you.i want to be a Artis

[@meltedtuber9347]

I am doing a report on you

[@Toppshotta4]

Imagine if this was your mother 😳

[@PTKirkw]

Who is this BBF and what did she do with the hottie MAE JEMISON???

[@jillhill6421]

Hi

[@stevenbuck644]

hi Jill how are you doing today?

[@truthmartyr]

Mj is flat earth real?

[@dekuisdope3844]

Coo Do FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ITS NOT 😂

[@JulieAnnRacino]

Good to know! Post, Vice President Kamala Harris as US President Joe Biden's choice for first woman role model in America as VP. Julie Ann Racino, Science and Technology in Government, American Society for Public Administration, 2021

[@JulieAnnRacino]

Another bio indicated Jemison graduated from Cornell University Medical School in New York City, with Cornell's main campus in Ithaca, New York. Surprised she was not in the new Ithaca science museum with Dr. Carl Sagan planetwalk and live NASA feed during my visit a few years ago! Julie Ann Racino, Cornell University Class of 1975!

[@warithabdullah8179]

Let's hope she's not a Mason!

[@bismillahrabbani9006]

Mae Jemison, what is the truth? Is the earth Flat? Please clear this debate up please. Or, are you keeping the lie going about NASA landing on the moon? We the people, deserve to know the truth.

[@armanibuchanan19]

Emily Montgomery wow baby girl relax it’s okay . Calm down a little

[@dekuisdope3844]

Bismillah Rabbani FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT!! YES NASA LANDED ON THE MOON!!! FOR GOD SAKE IM DONE WITH SEEING THESE PEOPLE’S STUPID THEORIES

[@discoveringrealtruth639]

And what happened to the acting school?