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Nasa mathematician katherine johnson calculated the path that put a man on the moon and catapulted america to first place in the race to space. She calculated the flight path for america's first crewed space mission and moon landing, and she was among the women profiled in the book and. Nasa research mathematician katherine johnson is photographed at her desk at langley research center in 1966.

Nasa space scientist, and mathematician katherine johnson poses for a portrait at her desk with an adding machine and a 'celestial training device' at nasa langley research center in 1962 in hampton, virginia.

Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which included calculating the trajectory of the 1961 flight of alan shepard. Johnson is a pioneer in american space history. She calculated the flight path for america's first crewed space mission and moon landing, and she was among the women profiled in the book and. (photo by nasa/donaldson collection/getty images).