Creola Katherine Coleman
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Creola Katherine Coleman, better known as Katherine Johnson, was an African American mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights at NASA.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
African American
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NASA scientist ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in French
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Bachelor’s degree in mathematics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Katherine G. Johnson
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Katherine Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedBy | Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
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NASA Group Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Creola Katherine Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hampton, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAwardPresidentialMedalOfFreedom | 2015-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-08-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-02-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
West Virginia State College
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West Virginia State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName |
Coleman
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Johnson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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mathematics ⓘ orbital mechanics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Creola
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Katherine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Hidden Figures (book)
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Hidden Figures (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | West Area Computing unit at NACA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking racial and gender barriers at NASA
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critical calculations for early U.S. crewed spaceflights ⓘ |
| notableWork |
calculations for Project Mercury missions
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trajectory analysis for Apollo 11 mission ⓘ verification of John Glenn’s orbital flight calculations ⓘ work on Space Shuttle program ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Newport News, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
James A. Johnson
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James Francis Goble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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