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Christine Darden (born September 10, 1942, as Christine Mann) is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to researching supersonic flight and sonic booms.
Darden watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home. A medal was also given to all the women who worked as mathematicians, engineers and “human computers” in the U.S. space program from the ...
The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. […]
Also featured is Christine Darden, who was the first African-American woman to be promoted into the Senior Executive Service for her work in researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Hidden Figures explores the biographies of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA.
It follows Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Christine Darden. Set against the backdrop of World War II, the Cold War, and the Space Race, the book depicts the work that Johnson, Jackson, and Vaughan did for NASA (previously National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) as Computers at the Langley Research Center. [1]
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
Kelly Miller Dorothy Johnson Vaughan Mary Jackson, at NASA in 1980 Abdulalim Shabazz in 1949 Vivienne Malone-Mayes Christine Darden, wind tunnel control room, NASA Raymond L. Johnson Iris M. Mack William A. Massey CAARMS meeting, Berkeley, 1995 John Urschel. Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806)
Christine Darden: November 8, 2019: Pub. L. 116–68 (text) For her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer. Dorothy Vaughan: November 8, 2019: Pub. L. 116–68 (text) In recognition of her service to the United States during the Space Race. Mary Jackson: November 8, 2019: Pub. L. 116–68 (text)