Joan Higginbotham

About Joan Higginbotham

Birth Day: August 3, 1964
Birth Place: Chicago, IL

Joan Higginbotham

Joan Higginbotham was born on August 3, 1964 in Chicago, IL. The third African American woman to fly in space. She totaled just under 13 days of time spent in the great beyond.
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Currently, Joan Higginbotham is 60 years, 3 months and 18 days old. Joan Higginbotham will celebrate 61rd birthday on a Sunday 3rd of August 2025. Below we countdown to Joan Higginbotham upcoming birthday.

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Popular As Joan Higginbotham
Occupation Astronaut
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born August 3, 1964 (Chicago, IL)
Birthday August 3
Town/City Chicago, IL
Nationality IL

🌙 Zodiac

Joan Higginbotham’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Joan Higginbotham was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.

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About

The third African American woman to fly in space. She totaled just under 13 days of time spent in the great beyond.

Before Fame

She received two Master's degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Trivia

She was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery and received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal.

Family Life

She has been married twice.

Associated With

She was a female Astronaut like Mae Jemison.

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