Stephanie diana wilson biography

American astronaut and engineer (born )

For the American theatre director, arts advocate, and non-profit fundraiser, see Stephanie Wilson (executive).

Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, )^[1] is an American engineer and a NASAastronaut.

She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. As of ,^[update] her 42 days in space are the second most of any female African American astronaut, having been surpassed by Jessica Watkins in

Early life and education

Stephanie Wilson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 27, About a year later, her parents, Eugene and Barbara Wilson,^[2] decided to move to Pittsfield, Massachusetts.^[3] Eugene, a native of Nesmith, South Carolina, used his electronics training from his time in the Navy to get himself a degree from Northeastern University and a long career in electrical engineering for