1. Mae Jemison
Valeria Velazquez
Per. 1 English
December 12, 2013

2. Biography
Mae Jemison was born on October
17,1956.
She lived in Chicago, Illinois.
She is still current in life.

3. Assertion
Mae Jemison is a significant astronaut
because she was the first lady and the
first African American to go up in
space on the Endeavor.

4. Evidence
#1
“In 1992 she spent 8 days orbiting the
Earth as a science mission specialist
aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.”

5. Explanation #1
Mae and her space team was the first
team to go up into space and were
also the first to fix the space shuttle.
This proves that Mae and her space
team were the 1st.