Meet The Figures
This brilliant mathematician calculated the trajectory for John Glenn’s spaceflight.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
These women helped during this historic space rivalry.
What is the space race?
The women were called this kind of “machine.”
What are human computers? OR COMPUTERS
Name of laws that were meant to keep people separate but equal.
What are Jim Crow Laws.
The book became this type of media.
What is a movie?
She was the first Black supervisor at NASA.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
John Glenn was the first American to do this. (not fly into space). I need the technical term.
What is orbit the Earth?
One subject they studied to get NASA jobs.
What is math (or engineering, or physics)?
The new IBM became a challenge for the women at Langley. What does IBM stand for?
What is International Business Machines.
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She became NASA’s first African-American female engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson?
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NASA stands for this.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The first manned NASA mission.
What is mercury or redstone?
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They inspired others to join this career field.
What is STEM?
Name all four women featured in the book.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden?
The women worked at this NASA facility in Virginia. (The answer is three words)
What is Langley Research Center?
Name of Neil Armstrong mission to the moon.
What is Apollo 11 or Apollo
Part 1 The first object to orbit around the earth.
Part 2. Spell your response
What is Sputnik
The work of Hidden Figures helped break barriers in these two areas.
(TWO WORD ANSWER)
What are Race and Gender
She later worked on supersonic flight research.
Who is Christine Darden?
These calculations made sure space capsules returned safely.
What are reentry trajectories?
This type of math was often used for calculating flight paths and orbits.
What is geometry (or trigonometry)?
What did NACA stand for?
What is National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.?
Katherine Johnson received this high national honor from President Obama in 2015.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?