Back جوان هيجينبوثام Arabic جوان هيجينبوثام ARZ Joan Higginbotham AST Джоан Хигинботъм Bulgarian Joan Elizabeth Higginbothamová Czech Joan Higginbotham German Joan Higginbotham Spanish جوان هیگینبوتهام Persian Joan Higginbotham Finnish Joan Higginbotham French
Joan Higginbotham | |
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| Born | August 3, 1964 |
| Education | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (BS) Florida Institute of Technology (MS, MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 12d 20h 45m[1] |
| Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
| Missions | STS-116 |
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Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (born August 3, 1964) is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist[2] and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson.[2]
- ^ "NASA STS-116". NASA.
- ^ a b "NASA biography of Joan Higginbotham" (PDF). NASA. 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2007.