In 1987, Mae was accepted into *NASA's astronaut
application. “I got a call saying (2) Are you still interested?) and I said "Yeah'./ said
lesitiinshemi AS astronaut program/on her second
Mae. She was trained in Texas/learning about space exploration. She worked for
NASA, and waited for a shuttle assignment. When the shuttle Endeavour was
launched in 1992, Mae became the first African-American woman (to *orbit the
earth) "The first thing I saw from space) was Chicago, my hometown," said Mae.
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She remembered visiting the library, making science projects and dancing. "It was
such a significant moment because since I was a little girl/ had always assumed
would go into space/she added. dige ton bib riam saiw odt samost
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