What was the name of the first African-American woman in outer space?

And what did she do up there?

What was the name of the first African-American woman in outer space?
Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American womand in space. She was Science Mission Specialist (a NASA first) on the STS-47 Space lab J flight, a US/Japan joint mission. She conducted experiments in life sciences, material sciences, and was co-investigator in the Bone Cell Research experiment.
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