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Happy birthday to mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics and played a pivotal role in the success of the US crewed spaceflights from the beginning. Her work included calculating the trajectories, 🧵1/

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Happy birthday to mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics and played a pivotal role in the success of the US crewed spaceflights from the beginning. Her work included calculating the trajectories, 🧵1/

#linocut #printmaking #sciart#womenInSTEM#BlackInSTEM #histsci #mathematics #physics