All about NASA
This was the agency Katherine worked for.
NASA.
This was the Apollo mission that Katherine worked with and was associated with this number.
Apollo 11.
What animal died of heat exhaustion?
Laika, Dog
This is the first dog to visit space.
Laika.
This was Katherine's job at NASA
Mathematician
Katherine died at this age.
101.
What animal died of stress and lack of recovery options?
Felix, Cat
This is the country who first put an animal into space.
Russia/Soviet Union/USSR
This was when the space race began.
1957.
Katherine Johnson was born in this year.
1918.
How many animals died in space?
25-30
This small insect was a board the first US rocket to carry animals into space in 1947.
Fruit Flies
This was the space mission that Katherine was most known for.
Apollo 11.
Katherine graduated from college at this age.
18 years old.
What was the main cause of death for animals in the space race?
Heat exhaustion and stress.
These common rodents were often sent to space to test weightlessness.
Mice.
Katherine Johnson was associated with this nickname at NASA.
"Human Computer."
Katherine's IQ is this number.
162 IQ.
How many dogs died in space?
13
This chimpanzee was the first to be sent into space by the U.S. in 1961, aboard Mercury-Redstone 2
Ham