Catherine Johnson, a 101-year-old NASA human calculator, has died

HOUSTON, Texas: Catherine Johnson, a famous black American mathematician, died on Monday at the age of 101.  He was also called a "human calculator" by the American space agency NASA because, 60 years ago today, when computers were not in vogue, he successfully performed complex calculations that made the first American astronauts.  From the time I was delivered to the first human step on the moon, it proved to be very important and useful at every stage.
Her services to NASA and space research have been in obscurity for a long time, until in 2015 US President Barack Obama awarded him the "Presidential Medal for Freedom", America's highest civilian honor.
The Hollywood film "Hidden Figures" was then nominated for an Oscar in 2017.  In 2016, the film was based on the lives of three black women, including Catherine Johnson, who worked at NASA and demonstrated their talents.
NASA chief Jim Brydenstein paid tribute to Catherine Johnson, saying she was an American hero whose extraordinary mathematical services will always be remembered.  He described Catherine as a "courageous woman" and said that there were many important milestones in NASA's history that could not have been reached without her expertise.
Catherine Johnson was born in 1918 to a poor black American family and began to demonstrate her God-given ability in mathematics from an early age.  Seeing this trend, Catherine's father also gave her full support, until she graduated from West Virginia State College in 1937 at the age of just 19 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

It should be noted that this was the time in the United States when black people were discriminated against and the doors of almost everything from good education to good jobs were closed to them.
For the first few years he taught mathematics at various places, but in 1953 he got a job as a "computer" in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) where his job was to calculate the flight of aircraft.  Had to apply  From there, she began to demonstrate her extraordinary ability in complex mathematical problems and became the first American woman mathematician to be named as an expert in a technical report.
In 1958, Naka was abolished and replaced by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Catherine was one of the first mathematicians in the organization.  Here, too, he continued to provide his professional services.
In the space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union, Catherine carefully and extraordinarily accurately calculated the trajectories of manned spaceflight.  Later, manned Apollo missions to the moon and space shuttles were determined based on their calculations.
Although computers were introduced at NASA as early as the 1960s, some astronauts were so confident in Katherine Johnson's work that they relied on Catherine's calculations, even if the computer revealed anything.  ۔
She retired from NASA in 1988, after which she continued to teach social work and amateur mathematics to children.  She often encouraged her neighbors and neighbors to study science and math.
He died on February 24, 2020 at his residence in Newport News, Virginia