Today Atlanta Free Speech highlights Ellen Ochoa (born 1958). Ochoa is an astronaut and researcher of advanced optical information systems, Ochoa flew her first shuttle mission in 1993 as a Mission Specialist with the Discovery crew, conducting atmospheric and solar studies in order to better understand the effect of solar…
Mae Jemison: first black female astronaut
Mae Jemison is a physician who volunteered with the Peace Corps and was the first female African American astronaut. She was also the first black woman to go into space. After her 1992 expedition on the Endeavor shuttle, she left NASA and founded the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence, which…
