Today, Dr. Mae Jemison is famous for being the first Black woman to travel into outer space. But when she was growing up, she felt torn between two passions: science and dance. It seemed like an impossible choice. There had to be some way to make room for both—and Mae found one. As an adult, she combined her gifts of scientific logic and artistic creativity and became an astronaut.
Dancing through Space
Dr. Mae Jemison Soars to New Heights
- By Lydia Lukidis
- Illustrated by Sawyer Cloud
