Joan Higginbotham | |
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Born | |
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]