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This honors one of the women mathematicians and scientists who were little known for their immense contributions until the film HIDDEN FIGURES was released Other similar mathematicians or scientists in this series include GCABX17, and GC828RA.
From Wikipedia:
Creola Katherine Johnson(née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American human computerwhose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASAemployee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks previously requiring humans. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard (the first American in space) and John Glenn (the first American in orbit), and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a human mission to Mars.
In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.In 2016, she received the Silver Snoopy Award from NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin and a NASA Group Achievement Award. She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, the United States Congress awarded Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal.[5] In 2021, she was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[6]
As a computer, she calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space...John Glenn requested that she personally recheck the calculations...before his flight aboard Friendship 7...on which he became the first American to orbit the Earth.
— NASA
Author Margot Lee Shetterly wrote, "So the astronaut who became a hero looked to this black woman in the still-segregated South at the time as one of the key parts of making sure his mission would be a success." She added that, in a time when computing was "women's work" and engineering was left to men, "it really does have to do with us over the course of time sort of not valuing that work that was done by women, however necessary, as much as we might. And it has taken history to get a perspective on that."
Johnson later worked directly with digital computers. Her ability and reputation for accuracy helped establish confidence in the new technology. In 1961, her work helped to ensure that Alan Shepard's Freedom 7Mercury capsule was found quickly after landing, using the accurate trajectory that had been established.
Johnson in 2008
She also helped to calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11flight to the Moon. During the Moon landing, Johnson was at a meeting in the Pocono Mountains. She and a few others crowded around a small television screen watching the first steps on the Moon. In 1970, Johnson worked on the Apollo 13 Moon mission. When the mission was aborted, her work on backup procedures and charts helped set a safe path for the crew's return to Earth, creating a one-star observation system to allow astronauts to determine their location accurately. In a 2010 interview, Johnson recalled, "Everybody was concerned about them getting there. We were concerned about them getting back."] Later in her career, she worked on the Space Shuttle program, the Earth Resources Satellite, and on plans for a human mission to Mars.
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SOLVE FOR N 44° 0Z.CBA′ W CA° 0Y.ZXZ′
A. The number of words in the title of the movie which depicted her story.
B. Divide the length of her career in years by the number of of the Apollo mission that went to the Moon.. Then multiply by two.
C. The third digit in the year she worked on Apollo 13.
X. Subtract the third digit from the fourth digit of the year President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Y. X divided by two
Z. Fourth digit of the year she planned the trajectory for Apollo 11
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