Chandler Park Academy students take home national prize for science experiment Students conducted experiment on tomato seed germination as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Updated: Tags: Katherine Johnson worked in aeronautics and calculated complex equations that helped NASA put people in Space. Mae Jemison was a doctor, engineer and astronaut, who is the first African American woman in Space. They are all well known African Americans that pursued a career in STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math -- and there’s a push to get more Black Americans to choose those careers. READ: Ad Chandler Park Academy in Harper Woods is getting national recognition for their part in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.