Mae Jemison In Space head shot

Mae Jemison

100 YSS Leader, Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence

Medical doctor, teacher, artist, engineer and retired astronaut Mae Jemison now heads the 100 Year Starship Initiative.

Latest Planetary Radio Appearances

2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 2 - Stellar imaging and looking for life while mining water on Mars

We return to the 2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium for part two of our coverage as we explore an Artemis-enabled stellar imager and an add-on to large-scale water mining operations on Mars to screen for introduced and alien life.

Space Innovations So Incredible, They Just Might Work

Mat Kaplan reports from the 2019 NIAC Symposium, a showcase of NASA-funded technologies hoping to revolutionize space exploration.

Mae Jemison of the 100 Year Starship Initiative

Retired astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison leads the 100 Year Starship Initiative. You’ll hear Mat’s conversation with her about this ambitious project in a SETIcon II fireside chat.