Katherine Johnson by Tristen Scering https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4 en-us 2022-12-05 16:11:45 UTC 2022-12-09 16:14:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Birth tristenscering29 https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2410925210  Aug. 26, 1918

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Joylette and Joshua Coleman

Two older brothers and a older sister]]> 2022-12-06 16:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2410925210 Elementary/ Highschool Education tristenscering29 https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2412751226 She attended West Virginia State High School

She graduated from high school at age fourteen.

At a time when digital computers were relatively new and untested, she famously checked the computer's math for John Glenn's historic first orbital spaceflight by an American in February 1962

]]> 2022-12-07 16:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2412751226 Family Life tristenscering29 https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415783876 From 1939 to 1956 she was Katherine Goble, having married James Goble. Three years after his death, she married James Johnson.

On top of being a mathematician, Katherine was also a mother to three beautiful daughters.

]]> 2022-12-09 16:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415783876 Computer History tristenscering29 https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415793618 Johnson was a human “computer,” using math to calculate launch angles and trajectories for the early NASA spaceflights. She was instrumental in John Glenn’s first orbit of the Earth and worked for the space program for 33 years.

]]> 2022-12-09 16:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415793618 Awards tristenscering29 https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415796766 In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2016, she was presented with the Silver Snoopy Award by NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin and a NASA Group Achievement Award. She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress.[3] In 2021, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[4]]]> 2022-12-09 16:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tristenscering29/rngcpun0ohg4tfx4/wish/2415796766