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Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020

By Emily Zanotti

Published February 28, 2020 4:00am ET

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Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020 — “You tell me when and where you want it to come down, and I will tell you where and when and how to launch it.” Even if “where you want it to come down” is on the moon. Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician (or “human calculator”) and Hidden Figure whose work paved the way for […]

“You tell me when and where you want it to come down, and I will tell you where and when and how to launch it.”

Even if “where you want it to come down” is on the moon.

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