Dr. Mae C. Jemison is an engineer, physician and former astronaut. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in chemical engineering and later earned
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American registered nurse in the United States. She enrolled in the New England Hospital for Women and Children
Physicist Ronald E. McNair became the second African American to enter space. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He
