Joan Higginbotham
American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Fame51.6
- Momentum0.0
- Wikipedia1.2K
Source-basedFalling
Born 1964 · age 62United States
United StatesVerify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.
Summary
Updated 2026-06-16
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.
Gallery
Photos
2 images · refresh overdue
Where to find them
Platforms
No platforms connected yet.
Claim this profile to add yours →By the numbers
Score breakdown
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Fame
Falling51.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical21.4
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts
Sources
- WikiquoteLow confidencewebsite · en.wikiquote.org
- جوان هيجينبوثامLow confidencewikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
- جوان هيجينبوثامLow confidencewikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
.jpg?width=1200)
