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In 1962, John Glenn sat in his capsule waiting for his rocket engines to light-up and lift him to space. But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic computer’s ...

Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of ... whose maths skills helped put US astronaut John Glenn into orbit around the Earth in 1962.

As authorized by Congress, the medals were bestowed to Christine Darden and posthumously to Katherine Johnson ... U.S. astronaut into Earth orbit, John Glenn. Johnson, who died in 2020 at the ...

One woman in particular, Katherine Johnson, became known for her work calculating trajectories for the first Americans in space, Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and later for the Apollo Lunar Module ...

The old guard got quite a display of Glenn football in all its glory, as the Bobcats overpowered Muskegon Heights with their offensive line and asserted its running game – as John Glenn ...

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary ... who made it possible for John Glenn to orbit, who made it possible to go to ...

I've been here 10 years and we always have great games it seems like." John Glenn got a Jake Johnson fumble recovery at his own 22-yard line, setting off a 78-yard scoring drive capped by Owen ...

John Johnson is officially a southern transplant. Raised in Smithtown, New York, he, his wife, Margaret, and his son, Tyus are excited to call Winston-Salem home. Prior to joining WXII 12 News in ...

NEWTON TOWNSHIP — Consistency has allowed John Glenn to thrive all season. A well-balanced offense and stingy defense were more than enough to send the top-seeded Muskies past fourth seed ...