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Katherine Johnson was an African‑American mathematician whose exceptional analytical skills were crucial to NASA’s early space missions. Joining the agency in the early 1950s, she performed intricate hand calculations that charted flight paths for the Mercury and Apollo programs, most famously contributing to the success of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Throughout her career she remained a trailblazer for women and African Americans in science, retiring in 1986 after a distinguished tenure at NASA.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Thea Feldman
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