Katherine Johnson (aug 26, 1918 – feb 24, 2020)
Description:
- Was handpicked to be one of the three black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools.- She was hired at NACA in 1953
- She was the first woman in the Flight Research Division to receive credit as an author of a research report.
- She became most known for running the orbital equations for a space flight, by hand.
- President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.
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Date:
aug 26, 1918
feb 24, 2020
~ 101 years