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18 de set. de 2024 · Dorothy Vaughan, American mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the early years of the U.S. space program and who was the first African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which later became part of NASA.
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- Dorothy Vaughan was a computer programmer who made important contributions to the U.S. space program. She was relatively unknown until 2016, when a...
- Dorothy Vaughan performed complex computations and analyzed data for aerospace engineers, work that was later essential to the success of the early...
- Dorothy Vaughan’s employer, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, was segregated, and black employees were forced to use separate bathro...
20 de set. de 2024 · Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and supervisor at NASA's Langley Research Center who helped with the early spaceflight missions. Learn more about her life, achievements and legacy as part of NASA's Modern Figures series.
19 de set. de 2024 · History. 'Hidden Figures' No More: Meet The Black Women Who Helped Send America To Space. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded the distinction along...
19 de set. de 2024 · Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the space race
19 de set. de 2024 · Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded the distinction along with other women for their contributions to developing the U.S. space program during the ...
19 de set. de 2024 · A new film tells the stories of three women who made incalculable contributions to the space program: engineer Mary Jackson, mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan.
19 de set. de 2024 · A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for their contributions to space exploration. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and ...
