Remembering Katherine Johnson. A space scientist's life in pictures
A critical scientist for the space program, passed away today at 101
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Katherine Johnson passed away today at the age of 101. She was one of the critical mathematicians that correctly plotted the course to launch astronauts into orbit and the Apollo missions to the Moon.
As a way of remembrance, a short life-in-pictures for Katherine Johnson:
Katherine Johnson working at NASA Langley, 1962.
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Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) rocket for the Freedom 7 mission, the US's first crewed spaceflight, 1961. Johnson did the trajectory analysis that launched Alan Shephard into space.
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A meeting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 1965. Johnson seated at left.
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Portrait of Johnson, 1971.
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Johnson working at NASA Langley, 1980.
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Left to right: Vivian Merritt, Mary Jackson, James Jennings, and Katherine Johnson, at a student symposium, 1984.
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At the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility ribbon cutting ceremony, 2017.
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A portrait of Katherine Johnson, 1980.
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Rest in peace.