# Joan Higginbotham

> 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.

*American engineer and NASA astronaut*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joan-higginbotham

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1964-08-03
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Joan Elizabeth Higginbothamová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Elizabeth_Higginbothamov%C3%A1)
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- [ジョアン・ヒギンボサム](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0)
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- [Joan Higginbotham](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Higginbotham)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41597)

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