Mae Jemison inside Spacelab-J module, STS-47

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Astronaut Mae Jemison floating inside the Spacelab-J experiment module during Shuttle Mission STS-47. Jemison, a general practice doctor, flew as a medical specialist on this mission, and was the first African American woman to go into space. Spacelab-J was a module carried inside the Shuttle's cargo bay, and contained 43 experiments in life and materials sciences. The laboratory was a joint venture between NASA and Japan. Mission STS-47 flew between 12 and 20 September 1992.

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Keywords: ., flight, jemison, mae, manned, mission, shuttle, space, spaceflight, spacelab, spacelab-, sts-47