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Mae Jemison's most famous work is when she went into orbit in the Space Shuttle Endeavour, becoming the first African-American woman to space.

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This studies the interactions of chemicals, focusing on combining different chemicals to engineer new chemicals used in pharmaceuticals, foods, fuels, and plastics.

In layman's terms, a chemical engineer combines chemicals to make newer, cooler stuff, like medicine.

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Astronaut Mae Jemison

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Jemison did lots of work on her 8-day flight while aboard the Endevaur. Doing experiments on bone loss, frog fertilization, and motion sickness. Using her education in both medicine and as a chemical engineer to conduct these experiments.

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Other important scientists in this field

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Other important scientists in this field

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David O'Reilly

Linus Pauling

Robert H. Perry

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Died two months before Isaac was born. He was also named Isaac. Isaac Sr. was a prosperous farmer with a lot of land which was left to his wife after his death

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While training to be a doctor, she volunteered for the Peace Corps, working in West Africa, and Cambodia.

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Astronauts are above all else scientists, they go into space to conduct experiments, and better our understanding of space, and hopefully, the world.

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Isaac Newton's mother remarried when Isaac was 3 years old. The man she married, Barnabus Smith, didn't really care for Isaac. So Isaac went to live with his grandparents and then some of his school teachers throughout his teenage years.

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Being the First black woman in space

Degree in chemical engineering, and African American studies

Serving in the Peace Corps as a Doctor

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After Jemison's stint as an astronaut, she then spent a little time being a professor at Dartmouth, teaching space technology and its benefits for developing countries. Afterward, Jemison founded the Jemison Group Inc. A consulting company, focusing on how technology and engineering can improve socio-cultural problems thought the world.

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Neil Armstrong (Pictured above)

Buzz Aldrin

Chris Hadfield

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Mae Jemison attended Stanford when she was 16, where she got her degree in chemical engineering.

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Jemison also went to Cornell where she became a doctor, in hopes to be a bio-medical engineer.

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The ISS, as a doctor and chemical engineer, doing experiments on motion sickness, frog fertilization, and the effects space has on bone density.

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Mae Jemison has a very excited and motherly attitude in all of her interviews, she seems to be very friendly. She however never married, and has no kids, saying she wanted to dedicate her life to her work.