Katherine Johnson is a Cygnus robotic spacecraft that will carry out a resupply mission to the ISS and is scheduled to liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, on Feb. Northrop Grumman is proud to celebrate the life of Katherine Johnson and her endlessly perseverant spirit," the company said in a news release. "Her work at NASA quite literally launched Americans into space, and her legacy continues to inspire young Black women every day. In 2015, when she was 97 years old, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, for her pioneering example of Black women working in STEM programs. Of the latter, she was the first woman to receive credit as an author of a research paper at NASA after co-authoring a research paper on orbital spaceflight and landing.
Of Johnson and her calculations, Glenn famously said: “If she says they’re good, then I’m ready to go."Īfter the Mercury program, Johnson went on to work on the Apollo moon program where, according to her NASA biography, she performed the calculations that helped synch "Project Apollo’s Lunar Module with the lunar-orbiting Command and Service Module."īefore her retirement in 1986, Johnson also worked on the Space Shuttle and Landsat programs and authored or co-authored 26 research reports. Robert Lawrence for the first African-American astronaut.From their segregated office, Johnson and her team famously did the trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard’s May 1961 mission Freedom 7 and in 1962, at the request of astronaut John Glenn, verified the calculations that would control the trajectory of his Friendship 7 capsule from liftoff to splashdown. Katherine Johnson is the second Cygnus to be named for a Black space pioneer. Northrop Grumman is proud to celebrate the life of Katherine Johnson and her endlessly perseverant spirit.” “Her work at NASA quite literally launched Americans into space, and her legacy continues to inspire young black women every day. “Johnson’s hand-written calculations were critical for John Glenn’s successful orbital mission around the Earth,” the aerospace company said in the statement. Shepard Jr., the first American in space in 1961, and Apollo 11, which landed on the moon in 1969. Her work was vital to the success of the first crewed space flights, such as the missions of Alan B. Johnson worked as a mathematician at NASA for 33 years. In an official statement, Northrop Grumman noted that the company’s tradition is to name each Cygnus spacecraft after an individual who has played a pivotal role in human spaceflight. In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re naming our next #Cygnus spacecraft in honor of an individual whose handwritten math launched the first Americans into space. “In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth,” Northrop Grumman tweeted, “we’re naming our next #Cygnus spacecraft in honor of an individual whose handwritten math launched the first Americans into space. The global aerospace, defense, and security company recently shared the news on Twitter.
The craft making this delivery has been named the S.S. Mariah Baker, Perseverance Mission team member, reacts to the missions and previews future space explorations. In the years before her death at age 101 in 2020, Johnson won the Presidential Medal of. On Saturday, February 20, Northrop Grumman’s 15th commercial resupply services mission is scheduled to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. NASA launches SS Katherine Johnson to resupply ISS, days after landing rover on Mars. It took decades for Katherine Johnson to get the recognition she deserved for her contributions to NASA. Now, the barrier-breaking Black female mathematician’s name will travel to space. In 2017, NASA named a research facility building for her, and in 2020, her home state of West Virginia recognized her birthday, Aug. She has rightfully become a renowned historical figure in recent years. Henson portrayed her in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film “ Hidden Figures.” Johnson passed away on Feb. Many Americans first became aware of Katherine Johnson when Taraji P.
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