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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
astronaut, engineer, Women in Space Science Award, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Astronaut Group 16, United States, 

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  STS-116 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

1964-08-03T00:00:00Z

1964-08-03T00:00:00Z

1964 Joan Higginbotham

2006-12-10T00:00:00Z

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
event	spaceflight	2006	STS-116	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