Joan Higginbotham, a Chicago native, initially didn’t envision using her electrical engineering skills in the aerospace industry. However, her perspective shifted dramatically when she ...

ATLANTA — A senior at Spelman College received a STEM scholarship Thursday from retired astronaut Joan Higginbotham – the third Black woman to travel to space. Higginbotham presented the ...

What were the odds? NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Joan Higginbotham floated side-by-side operating the International Space Station's robotic arm in December 2006 — after both had earned ...

The webinar featured six trailblazing Black American astronauts: Charles Bolden, Frederick Gregory, Bernard Harris, Joan Higginbotham, Leland Melvin, and Robert Satcher. Teresa Clarke, founder of ...

And is now leading a life to inspire others. “If you see her, you can be her is what I say,” Joan Higginbotham, retired NASA astronaut and a woman of color, told PIX11 News. It was Black ...

A graduating senior at Spelman College has received a STEM scholarship from renowned and retired astronaut Joan Higginbotham, the third Black woman to travel to space. According to Atlanta’s ...

After the Massachusetts event, two of those pioneers spoke about their experiences with Space.com: Joan Higginbotham, who spent 12 days in space on the space shuttle mission STS-116 in 2006 ...

Joan Higginbotham will speak at “Commanding the Unknown: Leadership and Stress Management from Space to Earth” on Thursday, September 26 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lovett Auditorium. The event ...

“Her work was really fantastic. She actually helped to recruit the first group of women and minorities in the late '70s," astronaut Joan Higginbotham, the third Black woman to fly into ...