The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. And to do that, thousands of people have been working around the world-and off of it-for more than 45 years.

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Former astronaut Mae Jemison shares her philosophy on education, technology and achieving success.