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Johnson working at the Spacecraft Controls Branch of NASA in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA,_in_1966.jpg She is seated at her desk, wearing a short-sleeved dress with a white collar and buttons. She has short, neatly styled hair and wears glasses. She is smiling while working with documents and a typewriter. The desk is filled with papers, a pen, and a binder, reflecting her analytical work. In the background, there is a large desk with more papers, a chair, and a wall featuring a circular diagram, possibly related to space missions.

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Johnson working at the Spacecraft Controls Branch of NASA in 1966. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA,_in_1966.jpg She is seated at her desk, wearing a short-sleeved dress with a white collar and buttons. She has short, neatly styled hair and wears glasses. She is smiling while working with documents and a typewriter. The desk is filled with papers, a pen, and a binder, reflecting her analytical work. In the background, there is a large desk with more papers, a chair, and a wall featuring a circular diagram, possibly related to space missions.
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Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 22:56:22 JST Project Gutenberg

Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.
Her work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars.
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