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 |
Mission insignia |  |
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.