National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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Mary Jackson…she started working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), where she was a member of its West Area Computing unit—the West Computers, comprising African American female mathematicians—and Jackson’s supervisor was Dorothy Vaughan. The women provided data that were later essential to the early success of the U.S. space…
Read More…she started working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), where she was a member of its West Area Computing unit—the West Computers, comprising African American female mathematicians—and Jackson’s supervisor was Dorothy Vaughan. The women provided data that were later essential to the early success of the U.S. space…
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Katherine Johnson…she began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)’s West Area Computing unit, a group of African American women who manually performed complex mathematical calculations for the program’s engineers. The women, known as the West Computers, analyzed test data and provided mathematical computations that were essential to the…
Read More…she began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)’s West Area Computing unit, a group of African American women who manually performed complex mathematical calculations for the program’s engineers. The women, known as the West Computers, analyzed test data and provided mathematical computations that were essential to the…
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George LowHe then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), working at Lewis Research Center in Cleveland. When NACA was transformed in 1958 into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Low helped plan that transition and then became NASA’s first chief of manned spaceflight at its Washington headquarters,…
Read MoreHe then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), working at Lewis Research Center in Cleveland. When NACA was transformed in 1958 into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Low helped plan that transition and then became NASA’s first chief of manned spaceflight at its Washington headquarters,…
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Dorothy Vaughan…African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which later became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Read More…African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which later became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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