HAMPTON, VA - 1966: NASA space scientist, and mathematician Katherine Johnson poses for a portrait at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1966 in Hampton, Virginia. (Photo by NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)
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Katherine Johnson, the ‘hidden figure’ at NASA during the 1960s space race, has died at 101. Johnson developed equations that helped send astronauts into orbit & the moon. She codified mathematical principles that remain at the core of manned space travel.
She was the mathematician who calculated the flight path for America’s first space mission and the first landing on the moon.
Katherine Johnson not only helped calculate the trajectories that took our Apollo astronauts to the Moon — she was champion for women and minorities in the space program and the world as a whole. We honor her memory today.Taraji P. Henson introduces NASA physicist Katherine Johnson, a subject of the film "Hidden Figures," at #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/SjGsh2QbOa
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 27, 2017
RIP Katherine Johnson (1918-2020). What a life:
— Popular Science (@PopSci) February 24, 2020
???? One of the first African-American women to work at NASA.
???? Worked as a “human computer" for Mercury, Apollo, Shuttle programs
???? John Glenn requested she personally re-check computer calculations before his Friendship 7 mission pic.twitter.com/qxhdZ4edeJ
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