Katherine Johnson · every age

What was Katherine Johnson doing at 42?

Started high school at 10, sent men to the Moon at 50

1. Sep 1960

   First woman in her division credited as a report author

   A paper on placing a satellite over a chosen spot on Earth.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. May 5, 1961

   Calculated the path of America's first human spaceflight

   Alan Shepard's 15-minute Freedom 7 hop.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: NASA (1966), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source