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Joan Higginbotham

1964 - Today

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Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (born August 3, 1964) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Higginbotham is the 550th most popular astronaut (down from 328th in 2024), the 18,270th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,076th in 2019) and the 312th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joan Higginbotham ranks 550 out of 556. Before her are James Dutton, Alexander Misurkin, Stanley G. Love, Patricia Robertson, Richard Hieb, and Lawrence J. DeLucas. After her are Rayyanah Barnawi, Evgeny Tarelkin, Scott D. Tingle, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Jeremy Hansen, and Jack D. Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Joan Higginbotham ranks 1,131. Before her are Ralph Garman, Gretchen Daily, Chris Jacobs, Lydia de Vega, Colin Miller, and Ashutosh Gowariker. After her are Yvonne Murray, Kevin Duckworth, Julian Leow Beng Kim, Paul Gonzales, Neil Eckersley, and Chuck Person.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Higginbotham ranks 18,278 out of 20,380. Before her are Pat Tillman (1976), Ashley Eckstein (1981), Akiane (1994), Sean Anders (1969), J. D. Evermore (1968), and Nayer (1990). After her are Gus Bilirakis (1963), Dean Edwards (1970), Tim Ferriss (1977), Stephen Strasburg (1988), Herculez Gomez (1982), and Murder of Adam Walsh (1974).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joan Higginbotham ranks 312. Before her are Stephen S. Oswald (1951), James Dutton (1968), Stanley G. Love (1965), Patricia Robertson (1963), Richard Hieb (1955), and Lawrence J. DeLucas (1950). After her are Scott D. Tingle (1965), Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (1975), Jack D. Fischer (1974), Robert Satcher (1965), Andrew R. Morgan (1976), and Loral O'Hara (1983).

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