On this day in 1918 - August 26th - Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was born.

Katherine Johnson was an African-American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were important for the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights.


Mona Evans
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