Joan Higginbotham

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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1964  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Joan E. Higginbotham; Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham
engineer, astronaut, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Women in Space Science Award, 

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  STS-116 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

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1964 Joan Higginbotham

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2006-12-10T00:00:00Z

2006 STS-116

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Joan Higginbotham portrait

Joan Higginbotham portrait

S116E05773 - STS-116 - Crewmembers Williams and Higginbotham work at the SSRMS in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations - DPLA - 0aa7b8fd7aa44a923e2fc7d8b7d70e3d

S116E05834 - STS-116 - STS-116 MS Higginbotham looks into mirror in the FWD MDDK on Space Shuttle Discovery - DPLA - fff71e3d7e22e539f640bb7b9dd9d8f7

S116E05777 - STS-116 - Crewmembers Higginbotham and Williams work at the SSRMS in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations - DPLA - f841605dd93b9a38a00cba70f958eb93

S116E07456 - STS-116 - STS-116 Crewmembers Higginbotham and Oefelein working in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 4bbbcc60e8c2f089e8fb84daa9e283bd

S116E06031 - STS-116 - STS-116 MS Fuglesang and Higginbotham working in the MDDK during Joint Operations - DPLA - b04ea16bb86966fb924a99b829104eb7

Group portrait of 1996 astronaut candidates

Group photo of the 1996 ASCAN class

Nasa astronaut class of 1996

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	spaceflight	2006	STS-116	Christer Fuglesang, Joan Higginbotham, Mark L. Polansky, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Curbeam, Sunita Williams, Thomas Reiter, William Oefelein, human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Joan Higginbotham portrait		Commons
commons	image		Joan Higginbotham portrait		Commons
commons	image		S116E05773 - STS-116 - Crewmembers Williams and Higginbotham work at the SSRMS in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations - DPLA - 0aa7b8fd7aa44a923e2fc7d8b7d70e3d		Commons
commons	image		S116E05834 - STS-116 - STS-116 MS Higginbotham looks into mirror in the FWD MDDK on Space Shuttle Discovery - DPLA - fff71e3d7e22e539f640bb7b9dd9d8f7		Commons
commons	image		S116E05777 - STS-116 - Crewmembers Higginbotham and Williams work at the SSRMS in the U.S. Laboratory during Joint Operations - DPLA - f841605dd93b9a38a00cba70f958eb93		Commons
commons	image		S116E07456 - STS-116 - STS-116 Crewmembers Higginbotham and Oefelein working in the U.S. Laboratory - DPLA - 4bbbcc60e8c2f089e8fb84daa9e283bd		Commons
commons	image		S116E06031 - STS-116 - STS-116 MS Fuglesang and Higginbotham working in the MDDK during Joint Operations - DPLA - b04ea16bb86966fb924a99b829104eb7		Commons
commons	image		Group portrait of 1996 astronaut candidates		Commons
commons	image		Group photo of the 1996 ASCAN class		Commons
commons	image		Nasa astronaut class of 1996		Commons