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Mae Jemison Trains for Her Space Shuttle Flight

Mae Jemison and Sharon McDougle
Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, participated in crew egress training for Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-47 mission during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.

At 10:23 a.m. EDT Sept. 12, 1992, Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-47 mission. In this image, she had just completed participating in crew egress training for the mission during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Jemison and Sharon McDougle, then a spacesuit technician, walk away from the orbiter at the end of the crew training.

Image Credit: Sharon McDougle