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|image=Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966.jpg
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|title=[[Katherine Johnson]]
|texttitle=Katherine Johnson
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'''[[Katherine Johnson]]''' (born 1918) is an African-American mathematician whose calculations of [[orbital mechanics]] as a [[NASA]] employee were critical to the success of U.S. [[Human spaceflight|crewed spaceflights]]. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]], she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped the space agency pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks. Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, [[launch window]]s and emergency return paths for [[Project Mercury]] spaceflights, including those of astronauts [[Alan Shepard]] and [[John Glenn]], the first Americans in space and in orbit, respectively, as well as rendezvous paths for the [[Apollo program|Apollo]] lunar lander and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were essential to the beginning of the [[Space Shuttle program]] and she also worked on plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015, President [[Barack Obama]] awarded Johnson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. She was portrayed by [[Taraji P. Henson]] as a lead character in the 2016 film ''[[Hidden Figures]]''.
|credit=Photograph credit: [[NASA]]; restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]]
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==See also==
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|image=Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966.jpg
|size=300
|title=[[Katherine Johnson]]
|texttitle=Katherine Johnson
|caption=
'''[[Katherine Johnson]]''' (born 1918) is an African-American mathematician whose calculations of [[orbital mechanics]] as a [[NASA]] employee were critical to the success of U.S. [[Human spaceflight|crewed spaceflights]]. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]], she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped the space agency pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks. Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, [[launch window]]s and emergency return paths for [[Project Mercury]] spaceflights, including those of astronauts [[Alan Shepard]] and [[John Glenn]], the first Americans in space and in orbit, respectively, as well as rendezvous paths for the [[Apollo program|Apollo]] lunar lander and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were essential to the beginning of the [[Space Shuttle program]] and she also worked on plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015, President [[Barack Obama]] awarded Johnson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. She was portrayed by [[Taraji P. Henson]] as a lead character in the 2016 film ''[[Hidden Figures]]''.
|credit=Photograph credit: [[NASA]]; restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]]
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day {{#time:F Y|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}]]
==See also==
*[[Template:POTD{{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|POTD protected||_protected}}/{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>