Awards and Honors
In 2007, Higginbotham received the Adler Planetarium Women in Space Science Award.
- NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- Group Award for achievements related to the flight of STS-26 (the first shuttle flight after the Challenger disaster)
- Commendation of Merit for Service to the Department of Defense Missions
- Black Rose Award (2007) awarded by the (League of Black Women) for contribution to gender equality
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