Throughout the exploration of space, there are many people who has contributed to space. Katherine Johnson is one of those people. At the age of 10 she was a freshman in high school. By the time she was 18 she has graduated from college. Katherine Johnson has contributed to space by being one of the first African Americans to been hired to work in the guidance and navigation department; help with the Apollo 11 mission; also find the flight paths.
In space calculation are a very important thing, especially for the flight back home. During the Apollo years, she helped calculate exactly how the lunar model will make to the moon. This was a major thing for all of space exploration. She opened many opportunities for there to be a many on the moon, by using her in credible math skills. "Kathrine Johnson geometry was used to find the path for spacecrafts to orbit"(NASA, 2018). This was a very big accomplishment not only just for Africans Americans, but it was also major for space exploration in general. …show more content…
"Johnson started off working for with how propeller planes would fall out the sky and of wind acts against bigger planes". This ties in many ways with space exploration. "...computers of John Glenns 1962 launch to orbit and 1964 Apollo 11 trajectory to the moon "(NASA, 2018). Kathrine Johnson, was a very smart person she helped speed the process of putting a man on the moon. She was one of the only people who knew how to do the math for space exploration. Back then they didn’t have the technology that we have today so that also so us how the equation they had to solve is much more difficult than it would be
In space calculation are a very important thing, especially for the flight back home. During the Apollo years, she helped calculate exactly how the lunar model will make to the moon. This was a major thing for all of space exploration. She opened many opportunities for there to be a many on the moon, by using her in credible math skills. "Kathrine Johnson geometry was used to find the path for spacecrafts to orbit"(NASA, 2018). This was a very big accomplishment not only just for Africans Americans, but it was also major for space exploration in general. …show more content…
"Johnson started off working for with how propeller planes would fall out the sky and of wind acts against bigger planes". This ties in many ways with space exploration. "...computers of John Glenns 1962 launch to orbit and 1964 Apollo 11 trajectory to the moon "(NASA, 2018). Kathrine Johnson, was a very smart person she helped speed the process of putting a man on the moon. She was one of the only people who knew how to do the math for space exploration. Back then they didn’t have the technology that we have today so that also so us how the equation they had to solve is much more difficult than it would be