Stephanie Wilson
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Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions and is the second African American woman to go into space after Mae Jemison.
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Wilson during STS-120, with a model of Node 2 floating in front of her
Wilson participates in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center![The four astronauts of STS-131 and Expedition 23 (Wilson to the bottom right), the first time four women being at the same time in space.[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/STS-131_ISS-23_Four_Astronauts.jpg/1280px-STS-131_ISS-23_Four_Astronauts.jpg)
The four astronauts of STS-131 and Expedition 23 (Wilson to the bottom right), the first time four women being at the same time in space.[20]
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I was very fortunate to have been able to study engineering and to find my way to NASA, to join the NASA astronaut class of 1996.
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Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions and is the second African American woman to go into space after Mae Jemison. As of 2026, her almost 43 days in space are the second most of any female African American astronaut, having been surpassed by Jessica Watkins in 2022.
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