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 ...

Selected asan astronaut candidate by NASA inApril 1996, Joan Higginbotham reported to the Johnson Space Center in August1996. Since thattime, she had been assigned technical duties in the Payloads ...

When NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham takes off for space next week, she’ll take a bit of Chicago’s South Side with her. The 1982 Whitney Young High School graduate is carrying a banner from ...

Joan Higginbotham is back from the trip of a lifetime. The Chicago native and 1987 Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate returned in December from a 12-day mission aboard NASA Flight ...

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 ...

Retired astronaut Joan Higginbotham, left, and Funny Car driver Bob Tasca get ready to roll down zMax Dragway. Courtesy zMax Dragway They start with the personalities. "We're both certifiably ...

Stephanie Wilson and Joan Higginbotham, two Black women who dared to dream the impossible. One reached for the stars, the other was exceptional at math. Nevertheless, both reached, what seems ...

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 ...

Joan Higginbotham, the third Black woman to go into space, is “seriously, seriously” considering entering the race and is “doing all the things that candidates who are looking to run for ...

The webinar also featured former NASA astronaut and electrical engineer Joan Higginbotham, who was the third Black woman to go into space. STEM occupations are projected to grow by almost 11 ...