Joan Higginbotham
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 59 |
| Date of birth | August 3,1964 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Chicago |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Space missions | STS-116 |
| Spouse | James Mitchell Jr. |
| First space flight | STS-116 |
| Job | Astronaut |
| Engineer | |
| Education | Southern Illinois University |
| FIorida Institute of Technology | |
| Whitney Young Magnet High School | |
| Florida Institute of Technology | |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | |
| Awards | NASA Agency Honor Awards - Exceptional Service Medal |
| Nationality | American |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 468713 |
Joan Higginbotham Life story
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson.
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