Photos: Astronaut Mae Jemison through the years

Mae Jemison American engineer and astronaut Mae Jemison works in zero gravity in the centre aisle of the Spacelab Japan (SLJ) science module aboard OV-105, the Space Shuttle Endeavour, during NASA's STS-47 mission, 20th September 1992. Jemison is a Mission Specialist (MS) on the flight, and is the first Black woman to travel into space. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images) (Space Frontiers/Getty Images)