Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (1918-2020)
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N 37° 01.465 W 076° 20.634
18S E 380460 N 4098425
Located at the entrance of the Virginia Air & Space Science Center.
Waymark Code: WM1883T
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2023
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Katherine Johnson, mathematician, graduated from West Virginia State College and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was a teacher before the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA) hired her in 1953 to work in the segregated West Area Computing Unit at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. Soon transferred to the Flight Research Division. She performed crucial calculations for pathbreaking missions including the U.S.’s first manned space flight (1961), first orbital spaceflight (1962), and the first manned moon landing (1969). Before retiring in 1986, she also worked on the Space Shuttle. Pres. Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Marker Number: W-175
Marker Title: Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (1918-2020)
Marker Location: Museum
County or Independent City: Hampton
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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