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Katherine’s first job?
What is a Teacher?
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
Who is John Glenn?
What does NASA stand for?
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The author of Hidden Figures
Who is Margot Lee Shetterly
Dorothy was a language arts teacher.
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What was Katherine’s job?
What is Research math matician?
Who was the first man in space?
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
What does NACA stand for?
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
This woman was a former schoolteacher who was promoted to the head of West Computing.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan
Langley produced ships during wartime.
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What job promotion did Dorothy get?
What is Supervisor?
Where is the Langley Research campus of NASA located?
Hampton, Virginia
What is Sputnik?
A series of satellites launched by the Soviet Union
This woman worked as a computer and took away a sign that read “Colored Computers” in the lunchroom
Who is Miriam Mann?
Howard and Dorothy have 6 children together.
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What is a Theoretical Engineer?
An engineer using mathematics to solve problems, without testing in real-world simulations
What could make 24000 calculations a second?
What is International Business Machines?
What is hypersonic?
A speed exceeding Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound
This man was a chemistry teacher who secretly married Katherine.
Who is James (Jimmy) Johnson?
Dorothy is named the first head African-American manager of NACA.
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How did Mary Jackson convince the judge to allow her to attend Hampton High School?
She told him he would be making history by allowing the first black woman to attend an all white high school.
What was the name of the spacecraft John Glenn used to orbit the earth?
The Friendship 7
What is Project Mecury?
The first human spaceflight program of the United States
Who was the computer scientist?
Who is Dorothy Vaughn
With new advances, the airplanes made at Langley can now break the speed of light.
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