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Northrup Grumman to name a spacecraft after NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
From West Virginia Public Broadcasting - https://www.wvpublic.org/government/2021-02-03/spacecraft-named-after-famed-nasa-mathematician-w-va-native-katherine-johnson
A new spacecraft headed to the International Space Station later this month will be named after NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, a native West Virginian.
“Her work at NASA quite literally launched Americans into space, and her legacy continues to inspire young black women every day,” Northrop Grumman wrote in a press release this week.
The company traditionally names each spacecraft after a person who played a pivotal role in human space flight.
Over her 33-year NASA career, Johnson’s calculations were critical to some of America’s great space achievements including John Glenn’s trip orbiting the Earth and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
“Her work at NASA quite literally launched Americans into space, and her legacy continues to inspire young black women every day,” Northrop Grumman wrote in a press release this week.
The company traditionally names each spacecraft after a person who played a pivotal role in human space flight.
Over her 33-year NASA career, Johnson’s calculations were critical to some of America’s great space achievements including John Glenn’s trip orbiting the Earth and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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