"Recognize that you have a right to participate... you have to believe it in yourself." The first Black woman in space, Mae Jemison broke boundaries and is living proof that not even the sky can limit your ambition if you believe in yourself enough. #BlackHistoryMonth | National Geographic TV

👩🏾‍🚀🇺🇸 On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to go to space. Discover more amazing moments in space history 👉 https://trib.al/RS3X9Uf In NASA's early days, women and people of color were never selected to go to space. NASA didn't send a woman to space until the seventh space shuttle mission in 1983. The first African-American man NASA launched into space flew on the following mission that same year. Nine years later, NASA finally selected an

This Black History Month, we're celebrating Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to go to space 👩🏾‍🚀 🚀 Jemison's childhood fascination with space paired with the historic milestone of seeing Sally Ride become the first American woman in space, Jemison applied to become an astronaut and was one of only 15 accepted applicants in 1987. Jemison served as a mission specialist for STS-47 aboard Endeavour, the very space shuttle that will be on display in our future Samuel Oschin Air and S

Mae Carol Jemison is an engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. | PBS