https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq Hidden Figures by Nelson & Jaime en-us 2018-02-06 07:10:31 UTC 2025-09-25 06:02:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png nhinrichs https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq/wish/228454754 Katherine Johnson was an African-American mathematician who was born on the 26th of August of 1918. She contribuited to the United States' aeronautics and space program (NASA). 
Before that, she studied at the West Virginia State College even she had problems because of her skin color. From 1958 until her retirement in 1986, Johnson worked as an aerospace technologist, moving during her career to the Spacecraft Controls Branch. She calculated the trajectory for the May 5, 1961 space flight of Alan Shepard, the first American in space. She also calculated the launch window for his 1961 Mercury mission.She plotted backup navigation charts for astronauts in case of electronic failures.]]> 2018-02-06 07:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq/wish/228454754 jaime091101 https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq/wish/228454771 She was an African American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
She took advanced engineering classes and in 1958 became NASA's first black female engineer. 
She grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she graduated from the all-black George P. Phenix Training School with highest honors because of his skin.
Jackson was married with three children. She died on February 11, 2005, at age of 83.




]]> 2018-02-06 07:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq/wish/228454771 jaime091101 https://padlet.com/jaime091101/mvajw26i8qiq/wish/229637384 Dorothy Vaughan was an African-American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise a group of staff at the center. Vaughan retired from NASA in 1971, at the age of 60. She lived until November 10, 2008, aged 98. Vaughan was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, an African-American sorority. She was also an active member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she participated in music and missionary activities. She also wrote a song called “Math Math”.

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