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Joan Higginbotham

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American engineer and NASA astronaut

United States ScientistsBorn 1964 · age 62

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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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Joan E. Higginbotham (foreground) and Sunita L. Williams (Expedition 14 flight engineer) refer to a procedures checklist as they work the controls of the Canadarm2 in the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory during flight day four of STS-116.

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2007Women in Space Science Award

NASA Exceptional Service Medal

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Peggy WhitsonAlso won NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Richard H. TrulyAlso won NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Barbara MorganAlso won Women in Space Science Award

Pamela MelroyAlso won Women in Space Science Award

Roger Bruce ChaffeeAlso won NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Charles BoldenAlso won NASA Exceptional Service Medal

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