Shuttle Mission Specialist "Val" Female Astronaut Figure

Scapes, makers of the Historic Wooden Adventure System - a line of beautifully decorated wooden play sets filled with innovative play features - also makes these individual historic figures to go along with their play sets. Each figure is 4", fully posable, has a helmet and removeable backpack with storage pocket and authentic sewn clothing. Val is the first in their Shuttle series and the first female astronaut in their series - finally! Click here to see all the sets and figures available. Fun space fact: Mae Jemison was the first female African-American to fly in space. Dr. Jemison was the science mission specialist on STS-47 Spacelab-J (September 12-20, 1992). STS-47 was a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan. The eight-day mission was accomplished in 127 orbits of the Earth, and included 44 Japanese and U.S. life science and materials processing experiments. Dr. Jemison was a co-investigator on the bone cell research experiment flown on the mission. The Endeavour and her crew launched from and returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In completing her first space flight, Dr. Jemison logged 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space. Dr. Jemison left NASA in March 1993.Click here to see our book on women astronauts.