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What year was NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) created?
1915
How long did Katherine work for NASA
33 years
Kathrine begins working at NACA's Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
1953
Alan Shepard's spacecraft follows the flight trajectory Katherine helped plot
May 5, 1961
Katherine starts West Virginia State High school at age 10
1928
Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the moon
July 20, 1969
Katherine's husband, James dies of a brain tumor
1956
February 20, 1962
Katherine begins studying at West Virginia State College at age 15
1932
Apollo 11 blasts off following the flight path designed by Katherine
July 16, 1969
NACA becomes NASA
October 1, 1958
The voting rights act of 1965 enforces voting rights for people of al races in all states
August 6, 1965
Katherine graduates from college at age 18
1937
President Barack Obama awards Katherine the Presidential Medal of Freedom
November 24, 2015
Katherine marries Lieutenant Colonel James Johnson
1959
Katherine retires
1986
Apollo 11 crew splashes down in the Pacific Ocean
July 24, 1969
Congress approves August 26 as Women's Equality Day (this is also Katherine's birthday)
1973
Katherine marries James Francis Noble
1939