Astronaut, Doctor, Founder of The Jemison Group
100 Year Starship
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is currently leading 100 Year Starship (100YSS), a project which seeks to enable human interstellar space travel to another star. Jemison, the first woman of color in the world to go into space, served six years as a NASA astronaut. Prior to NASA, Jemison was Area Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia. A general practice doctor in LA, Jemison earned her degrees from Stanford and Cornell University.