Friday, February 22, 2013
"IN HONOR OF MAE CAROL JEMISON"
"What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery." ~ Ellen Ochoa
This photo of an astronaut prototype is posted in honor of African-American History Month and "Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956), an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. After her medical education and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 to 1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to form a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She is a dancer, and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities." ~ Reprinted text from Wikipedia
Additional information regarding Mae Jemison can be found at NASA's official website here
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html
Oh Happy Friday!!!!
TGI Friday's
Germantown, TN
***#11 photo of the day***
(photo taken 1/19/2013)
Friday, February 22, 2013
"IN HONOR OF MAE CAROL JEMISON"
"What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery." ~ Ellen Ochoa
This photo of an astronaut prototype is posted in honor of African-American History Month and "Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956), an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. After her medical education and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 to 1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to form a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She is a dancer, and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities." ~ Reprinted text from Wikipedia
Additional information regarding Mae Jemison can be found at NASA's official website here
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html
Oh Happy Friday!!!!
TGI Friday's
Germantown, TN
***#11 photo of the day***
(photo taken 1/19/2013)