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Katherine G. Johnson (gebürtig Coleman, zwischenzeitlich verheiratet Goble; * 26. August 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; † 24. Februar 2020 in Newport News, Virginia [1]) war eine US-amerikanische Mathematikerin afroamerikanischer Abstammung. Für ihre Beiträge zur Berechnung der Flugbahnen für das Mercury-Programm und den ...
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
24. Feb. 2020 · Nasa-Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson ist tot. Sie war eine der talentiertesten Mathematikerinnen der amerikanischen Raumfahrt. Lange kämpfte sie als schwarze Frau und dreifache Mutter um ...
22. Nov. 2016 · Katherine and her husband decided to move the family to Newport News, Virginia, to pursue the opportunity, and Katherine began work at Langley in the summer of 1953. Just two weeks into her tenure in the office, Dorothy Vaughan assigned her to a project in the Maneuver Loads Branch of the Flight Research Division, and Katherine’s temporary position soon became permanent. She spent the next ...
20. Juni 2024 · Katherine Johnson. Katherine Johnson, mid-1960s. At NASA Johnson was a member of the Space Task Group. In 1960 she coauthored a paper with one of the group’s engineers about calculations for placing a spacecraft into orbit. It was the first time a woman in her division received credit as an author of a research report.
Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. As a girl, Katherine loved to count. “I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed…anything that could be counted, I did.”. Her father, Joshua Coleman, was determined that ...
18. Juni 2024 · NASA mathematician, trailblazer in the quest for racial equality, contributor to our nation’s first triumphs in human spaceflight and champion of STEM education, Katherine G. Johnson stands among NASA’s most inspirational figures. Learn more about Katherine Johnson, the NASA Research Mathematician and one of the "Hidden Figures." Article.
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (1918– ) is an African-American mathematician who made valuable contributions to critical aeronautics and space programs of the NACA and NASA. Overcoming the constraints of segregation and gender bias, she progressed from mathematical tasks, such as computing experimental flight and ground-test data using a mechanical Frieden calculator for the NACA, to the ...
24. Feb. 2020 · 24 February 2020. Reuters. Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101 ...
Katharine Johnson, Mathematikerin der Raumfahrtbehörde Nasa, die als schwarze Frau zu einem Rollenvorbild wurde, ist 101-jährig gestorben.
24. Feb. 2020 · Katherine Johnson, the stereotype-shattering mathematician whose calculations helped sling NASA astronauts into space, died February 24 at age 101. “Katherine G. Johnson refused to be limited by ...
10. Okt. 2016 · One of NASA's human 'computers,' Katherine Johnson performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Her story is depicted in the 2016 movie 'Hidden ...
8. Okt. 2020 · Katherine Johnson, the trailblazing NASA mathematician, wins the Hubbard Medal for her calculations that made space exploration possible. NASA space scientist and mathematician Katherine Johnson ...
Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Her mother was an educator, and her father was a farmer and a janitor. Katherine was the apple of her father’s eye. He taught her that she was no better than anyone else, and that no one was better than her. This life lesson became the foundation of ...
24. Feb. 2020 · Katherine Johnson starb im Alter von 101 Jahren. Ihre Berechnungen ebneten den Weg für die erste bemannte amerikanische Weltraummission. Doch erst durch den Hollywood-Film "Hidden Figures" wird ...
24. Feb. 2020 · Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101. Nasa announced her death on Twitter, saying it was celebrating her life and honouring "her legacy of ...
10. Okt. 2016 · Einer der Mathe-Cracks war die Afroamerikanerin Katherine Johnson. 1953 tragen die Computer noch Röcke, die das Knie bedecken. Darüber züchtige Blusen, akkurat gescheitelte Haare, kaum Schminke ...
24. Feb. 2020 · Katherine Johnson loved to count. “I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed … anything that could be counted, I did.” And so it began for this young girl from West Virginia. Born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Johnson’s love for mathematics was inherent, an inclination she had from birth. At a ...
25. Feb. 2020 · 25.02.2020, 04:35 Uhr. New York. Die berühmte Nasa-Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson ist tot. Sie starb am Montag im Alter von 101 Jahren, wie der Nasa-Chef Jim Bridenstine bei Twitter schrieb. Die Nasa "wird niemals den Mut von Katherine Johnson vergessen und die Meilensteine, die wir ohne sie nicht hätten erreichen können."
6. März 2020 · Über 33 Jahre arbeitete Katherine Johnson bei der amerikanische Luft- und Raumfahrtbehörde NASA, aber bis heute ist den meisten ihr Name kaum geläufig. Erst als das Biopic „Hidden Figures“ zum Jahreswechsel 2016/17 in die Kinos kam, wurde Johnson weltweit bekannt. Sie zählte als afroamerikanische Mathematikerin zu den „unerkannten ...
