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Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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Name | Katherine G. Johnson |
Address | Newport News, Virginia , United States |
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August 26, 1918
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Died | February 24, 2020
(101 years)
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Contributor | RBH |
Last Modifed | Charlotte Rose Jul 24, 2022 06:21pm |
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Info | Katherine G. Johnson (born August 26, 1918) is an American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician who contributed to America's aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA. Known for accuracy in computerized celestial navigation, she calculated the trajectory for Project Mercury and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon.
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