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Katherine Johnson made famous by the "Hidden Figures" movie of 2016 died at the age of 101.
She was a NASA "human calculator" involved in calculating trajectories of astronaut carrying spacecraft before computers were used for that purpose.
Being a black female she also had to deal with race and gender barriers during her career.
CNN story here.
She was a NASA "human calculator" involved in calculating trajectories of astronaut carrying spacecraft before computers were used for that purpose.
Being a black female she also had to deal with race and gender barriers during her career.
CNN story here.
"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics."
Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020