Jhamiya Sumpter
Period 6
2/15/18
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson is an African American woman who is from White Sulphur Springs, West Virgina and attended West Virgina college in 1937 studying Mathematics and French. Katherine Johnson was very brilliant she went to high school at the age of thirteen because she was very intelligent with her numbers. Katherine Johnson was also the third African American to earn her PhD in Mathematics. Katherine Johnson contributed to space exploration by working backwards to make project mercury a success, Johnson also worked on the calculation that allowed the Apollo astronauts to return home from the moon, and to look at the black box data from crashed airplanes.
To begin with Katherine Johnson once worked backwards to make mercury a success which was one of her contributions. Katherine Johnson once said ''You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off". (The Portalist, 2018). Johnson worked hard to make mercury or success it was simple Geometry to her. Katherine Johnson made project mercury simple so …show more content…
Katherine Johnson once said ''You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off". (The Portalist, 2018). Johnson worked hard to make mercury or success it was simple Geometry to her. Katherine Johnson made project mercury simple so that the parabolas flights were simple. ''Johnson had to consider the rotation of the earth, which is why working backwards from the landing site was easier the working forwards'' (The Portalist, 2018). Katherine Johnson took her mathematics skills so that she could calculate the astronauts for the mercury project. Johnson was extremely important that was a goal of hers to accomplish mercury get approved and orbiting around the
Period 6
2/15/18
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson is an African American woman who is from White Sulphur Springs, West Virgina and attended West Virgina college in 1937 studying Mathematics and French. Katherine Johnson was very brilliant she went to high school at the age of thirteen because she was very intelligent with her numbers. Katherine Johnson was also the third African American to earn her PhD in Mathematics. Katherine Johnson contributed to space exploration by working backwards to make project mercury a success, Johnson also worked on the calculation that allowed the Apollo astronauts to return home from the moon, and to look at the black box data from crashed airplanes.
To begin with Katherine Johnson once worked backwards to make mercury a success which was one of her contributions. Katherine Johnson once said ''You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off". (The Portalist, 2018). Johnson worked hard to make mercury or success it was simple Geometry to her. Katherine Johnson made project mercury simple so …show more content…
Katherine Johnson once said ''You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off". (The Portalist, 2018). Johnson worked hard to make mercury or success it was simple Geometry to her. Katherine Johnson made project mercury simple so that the parabolas flights were simple. ''Johnson had to consider the rotation of the earth, which is why working backwards from the landing site was easier the working forwards'' (The Portalist, 2018). Katherine Johnson took her mathematics skills so that she could calculate the astronauts for the mercury project. Johnson was extremely important that was a goal of hers to accomplish mercury get approved and orbiting around the