Katherine Johnson was a NASA hero who inspired HiddenFigures, and showed women everywhere what was possible
Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician whose work played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, has died at the age of 101. Before Neil Armstrong's historic flight, Johnson's flawless calculations also helped Alan B. Shepard Jr. become the first American in space in 1961, and John Glenn become the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.worked with mentors
Later in life, she became one of most known and celebrated Black female"computers" hired by NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Her work, and the work of her colleagues, inspired 2017's, a film based on Margot Lee Shetterly's nonfiction book of the same name starring Taraji P. Henson as Johnson, and Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe as colleagues Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
Bridenstine closed out his statement by promising to build on Johnson's legacy and"increase opportunities for everyone." Already, celebrities and politicians have come forward on social media to celebrate that legacy, including Henson, who portrayed Johnson in. "Thank you QUEEN #KatherineJohnson for sharing your intelligence, poise, grace and beauty with the world!" she wrote.
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