Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson helped bring this infamous flight back to earth? Notaby portrayed by Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, and Tom hanks.
What is Apollo 13.
This man was President in the "era" the movie "Hidden Figures" was set.
Who is John F. Kennedy.
Mary Jackson told the judge that he would be doing this by allowing her to attend Hampton HS.
What is "making history" or "history."
In 1953 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was referred to as what?
What is the National Advisory Committe for Aeronautics
Vivian Mitchell, a composite character created to represent unconscious bias of the time was portrayed by this actress
Katherine Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from this president on November 24, 2015.
Who is Barack Obama.
The Langley Research Campus of NASA is located in this city and state.
What is Hampton, VA.
Mary, Dorothy, and Katherine arrived to work in this way when Dorothy's car broke down.
What is a "police escort" or "police car."
In 1958 NACA changed to NASA thanks to this famous act.
What is the Space Act of 1958
NASA's director Al Harrison is a composite character created to represent unconscious bias of the time was portrayed by this actor
Who is Kevin Costner
Katherine Johnson helped compute the trajectory sending this group of astronauts to which of our terrestial neighbors.
What is the moon or What is Apollo 11.
Katherine solved this bedtime argument between her younger daughters and older daughters by doing this.
What is "telling the daughters they could sleep alone" when they took the chores the oldest daughter took on.
Katherine Johnson walked this amount to go to the restroom once she was transferred.
What is a "half mile."
NASA represents less than this amount of the budget for the United States.
This "hidden figure" became NACA's first african american supervisor
Who is Dorothy Vaughan
In 1961, Katherine Johnson helped calculate trajectories for this groundbreaking spaceflight.
What is America's First Human in Space or Alan Shepard.
Al Harrison did this so Katherine would not have to travel across campus to use the restroom.
What is remove the "colored" sign above the restroom which made the restrooms no longer segregated.
What did John Glenn do that the other astronauts did not do when they were introduced to the NASA staff?
He shook the hands and conversed with the women of color from the West computing area
Women hired in the 30's, 40's, and 50's were known as this famous desktop companion.
What is a computer.
This "hidden figure" petitioned the city of Hampton to be able to attend graduate classes alongside her white peers
Who is Mary Jackson
Katherine Johnson's calculations helped this famous pilot perform America's first orbit of the earth.
Who is John Glenn.
John Glenn used this spacecraft to orbit the earth.
What is "The Friendship 7."
How far did Katherine Johnson have to travel to go from the restroom once she was transferred to the Space Task Group on Nasa's East campus?
A half mile
Some people believe that this famous NASA milestone was a hoax.
What is "the moon landing."
This famous astronaut said "get the girl to check the numbers... if she says the numbers are good... I'm ready to go" before one of his flights
Who is John Glenn