Using their calculations, he became the first American astronaut to make a complete orbit of the Earth.
John Glenn
What state was John Glen from?
Katherine Johnson and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson
This type of system does not interact with its environment.
NASA became operational on October 1, 1958 -- one year after the Soviets launched ________, the world's first artificial satellite.
Sputnik 1
gravity and these two things add to the potential energy
Dorothy Vaughan was assigned to the segregated ______________ unit, an all-black group of female mathematicians
Dorothy Vaughan was assigned to the segregated "West Area Computing" unit, an all-black group of female mathematicians
What was the nickname John Glenn gave his space capsule and how many times did he orbit Earth?
NASA dedicated its new Computational Research Facility in honor of
Mary Jackson had to take graduate level math and physics in after-work courses managed by the University ......
Trainees had to take graduate level math and physics in after-work courses managed by the University of Virgina
HINT: helps to keep us safe