Katherine Johnson · every age
What was Katherine Johnson doing at 43?
Started high school at 10, sent men to the Moon at 50
- Feb 20, 1962
John Glenn asked her to check the computer's numbers by hand
He would not fly the first US orbital mission until she confirmed them. She was 43.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Photo: NASA (1966), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
