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Katherine Johnson

March 2, 2017

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And their choices are truly stellar.
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Hidden Figures trailer

The first trailer for the movie Hidden Figures was released recently.
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Katherine Johnson

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Katherine Johnson was a "human computer" at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA), doing the math that would get Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Buzz Aldrin to space and back.

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