Katherine Johnson

Picture of Katherine Johnson, Calculating trajectories for NASA missions
D.O.B
Died
Monday August 26, 1918
Monday February 24, 2020
Next unlived
birthday in
 
 
Age in day of death
 
101
years
5
months
29
days
Age if still alive
105
years
8
months
10
days

Basic information

AKA
Creola Katherine Coleman, Katherine Goble
Category
ScientistOthers
Country
United States
Birth place
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S.

Pioneering mathematician, she figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit (go around) Earth and to land on the Moon.

She did trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 mission in May 1961, America's first human spaceflight.

NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for Apollo space mission by hand. She works also on the the Space Shuttle and the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Landsat), and others reports.

One of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist

Worked for NACA, NASA (1953–1986) 33 years. Worked as an aerospace technologist for 13 years until her retirement in 1986.

Died as 101 years old.

She has a building named after her at NASA, at the space agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. (The Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility)

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Generation: The Greatest Generation (1901-1927)
Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍ (August 23 - September 22)
Chinese zodiac sign:
Nr. of Heartbeats: 4,447,180,800
Nr. of Breaths: 903,333,600
Nr. of blinks (with 8 hours of sleep every day): 625,384,800
Hair length (if it was never cut): 1,609 cm or 16.09 meters (52 feet 9.3 inches)
Nail length (if it was never cut): 4,504 mm or 4.50 meters (14 feet 9.3 inches)

Animal Age

How old Katherine Johnson would be if they were an animal.
Dog
17.86 years
Cat
22.33 years
Turtle
263.49 years
Horse
40.19 years
Cow
29.77 years
Elephant
71.46 years

Planet Age

How old Katherine Johnson would be if they were born on a different planet
Mercury
438.83 years
Venus
171.8 years
Mars
56.19 years
Jupiter
8.9 years
Saturn
3.59 years

What happened on Katherine Johnson birthday

Birthdays: Thalia, Macaulay Culkin, Jimmy Rushing, Meredith Eaton, Michael Jeter
Deaths: Lynden Oscar Pindling, Frank Harris, Odette Joyeux

 

What happened on Katherine Johnson day of death

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Deaths: Sridevi, Jean Rogers, Harold Ramis, Ray Eliot, Mel Stewart

 

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