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Celebrities born on August 26
Born in 1918
Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Virgo named Katherine
Mathematicians from West Virginia
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Katherine Johnson
Creola Katherine Johnson is an American mathematician who had calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee played a key role in the success of the first manned space flights, then by the United States. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she was renowned for her mastery of complex manual calculations and for helping pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks. The Space Agency noted "her historic role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist." Johnson's work includes orbiting calculations, launch windows and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spacecraft, including the flights of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and the rendezvous point for the Apollo Lunar modular ship and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential at the start of the Space Shuttle program, and she was planning a mission to Mars.
BornCreola Katherine Coleman, August 26, 1918, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 2020, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Other namesKatherine Goble
Alma materWest Virginia State College
OccupationMathematician
EmployerNACA, NASA 1953–1986
Known forCalculating trajectories for NASA missions
Children3

About Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson

Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States (She dies at the age of 101, on February 24, 2020).

She is a well-known physicist and mathematician who is most known for her work with NASA. She is regarded as a trailblazer in the scientific community for African-American women.

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Katherine Johnson before becoming famous

Katherine Johnson was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1918 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

She studied analytic geometry at West Virginia State University, where a course was established expressly for her.

Achievement of Katherine Johnson

She received multiple major awards, including the NASA Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and Operations Team Award for her contributions to the legendary Apollo mission.

Katherine Johnson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson

In 1939, she married James Francis Goble. Together, they had three daughters.

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She was a part of astronaut Astronaut Alan Shepard's 1961 journey, which saw him become the first American in space.

Alan Shepard (1923 - 1998) (Astronaut)
Alan Shepard (1923 - 1998)

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