Accomplishmentshe became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program on June 4 1987. After more than a year of training, she became the first African-American female astronaut, earning the title of science mission specialist—a job that would make her responsible for conducting crew-related scientific experiments on the space shuttle.
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