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True Story Behind Black Woman of NASAWhen the cast of Hidden Figures took home the 2. Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture on Sunday, Taraji P. Henson thanked the three women who inspired the film.“We stand on the shoulders of three American heroes,” Henson said. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan were African- American mathematicians who played an integral part in NASA’s space- race successes — but their collective contribution was largely left out of the history books. Henson, along with her costars Octavia Spencer and Janelle Mon.

Their meticulous calculations helped the United States catch up in the “space race” and send John Glenn, who recently passed away at the age of 9. Earth. Empire. Her mind was so trusted, in fact, that NASA says Glenn called for Johnson to check the complex trajectory calculations made by the computer before launching the Friendship 7 in 1. Hopper Stone“Get the girl, check the numbers,” Glenn said, referring to Johnson. She was ready to enter high school by the age of 1. Joshua moved the family in order to make sure his daughter met her full potential. Hopper Stone; NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty. Johnson graduated from West Virginia State College at 1.

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In 1. 95. 3, she found work at NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which had begun hiring African- American woman during World War II. The agency was so impressed by the women’s skills, it continued to do so after the war. Eventually, Johnson was able to put her incredible mind to work for NASA in Langley Research Center’s Guidance and Navigation Department. She went on to work on the Redstone, Mercury and Apollo space programs, calculating the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and Glenn’s historic orbit. She continued to work at NASA until 1. Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2. Despite her many accomplishments, Johnson, who turned 9.

We always worked as a team,” she said in a 2. However, she stayed on after the war and was asked to helm the West Area Computing Unit after Jim Crow laws required segregation of the African- American women from their white counterparts. Vaughan headed the division from 1. She continued to use her incredible skills in an integrated computer division and became an expert programmer, contributing to the Scout Launch Vehicle Program before retiring in 1.

She died in 2. 00. Hopper Stone; Smith Collection/Gado/Getty. Mary Jackson, NASA’s first black female engineer, is played by a barely recognizable Janelle Mon.

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5. Directed by Theodore Melfi. With Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner. The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who.

Like them, she joined Langley after working as a teacher. In the 1. 95. 0s, she experimented with processing data from wind tunnel and flights. Eventually, she joined a training program that would allow her to earn a promotion from mathematician to engineer, which required taking classes at the University of Virginia in addition to her work. Heat And Dust (2017) Download Ipod.

In 1. 95. 8, she became NASA’s first black female engineer. Romantic Horror Movies My Life As A Zucchini (2017). After 3. 4 years, Jackson took a job in NASA’s Equal Opportunity office, making changes to benefit female workers until her retirement in 1. She died in 2. 00. In an interview with Deadline, the actresses behind the brilliant woman admitted they didn’t even know the true story – but once they learned of the heroes, they were determined to make them known to everyone.“I didn’t know . I actually studied electrical engineering. I failed, but I was there. And this man has a building named after him.

If it wasn’t for Katherine Johnson, there would have been no Ron. But hey, who am I?

Never heard of her. I was annoyed. And this became my passion project. I was like, . But it’s an embarrassment that these women were omitted from the annals of history. I’m excited because the world will finally know these names. They will no longer be obscure.”This article was originally published on Dec.

Cineplex. com . Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Janelle Mon. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as 'human computers', we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U. S. Henson, Janelle Mon. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Taraji P. Henson Nominee for the 2. MTV Movie & TV Awards for Best Actor in a Movie.

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