Annie easley (april 23,1933-June 25,2011) was born on april 23,1933 in birmingham alabama to Bud McCory and Willie Sims. she attended holy family high school and graduated as valedictorian of her class. After Graduation she went on to study pharmacy for two years a thee xavier university in New Orleans Louisiana . In 1955, she read a local newspaper article about a story on twin sisters who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as "computers" and the next day she applied for a job. Within two weeks she was hired, one of four African Americans of about 2500 employees. in 1977, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Cleveland State University .NASA had a program to grant leave and pay for employee
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human computers were replaced by machines, Easley evolved along with the technology. She became an adept computer programmer, using languages like the Formula Translating System (Fortran) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) to support a number of NASA’s programs. She developed and implemented code used in researching energy-conversion systems, analyzing alternative power technology—including the battery technology that was used for early hybrid vehicles, as well as for the Centaur upper-stage rocket. During the late 1960s and 1970s Easley worked on nuclear-powered rocket systems. She also worked on the Centaur, a high-energy booster rocket with a mixed liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen propulsion system. First launched successfully in 1963, over the next 30 years it went through further development and was considered one of the Lewis Research Center's greatest achievements. She worked on software and code that analyzed alternative power technology and discovered solar, wind, and energy projects. One of her legacies was developing the software for NASA’s “Centaur Rocket” (America’s “space workhorse), which in large part contributed to the Cassini probed that launched to Saturn in
human computers were replaced by machines, Easley evolved along with the technology. She became an adept computer programmer, using languages like the Formula Translating System (Fortran) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) to support a number of NASA’s programs. She developed and implemented code used in researching energy-conversion systems, analyzing alternative power technology—including the battery technology that was used for early hybrid vehicles, as well as for the Centaur upper-stage rocket. During the late 1960s and 1970s Easley worked on nuclear-powered rocket systems. She also worked on the Centaur, a high-energy booster rocket with a mixed liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen propulsion system. First launched successfully in 1963, over the next 30 years it went through further development and was considered one of the Lewis Research Center's greatest achievements. She worked on software and code that analyzed alternative power technology and discovered solar, wind, and energy projects. One of her legacies was developing the software for NASA’s “Centaur Rocket” (America’s “space workhorse), which in large part contributed to the Cassini probed that launched to Saturn in