Dr. Christine Darden (born September 10, 1942) is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted her 40-year career in aerodynamics to researching sonic booms at NASA. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted into senior executive service. Darden is one of several women scientists to be featured … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
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Friday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
George Robert Carruthers (born October 1, 1939) is an African-American inventor, physicist, and space scientist. He has lived most of his life in Washington, DC. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Emmett W. Chappelle (born 25 October 1925) is a scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and Astrochemistry. From 1950 to 1955 he served as an instructor of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. From 1955 to 1959, he was a research associate at Stanford University. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Wednesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (born August 26, 1918) is an African-American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician. She made fundamental contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA. Known for accuracy in computerized celestial navigation, her technical leadership work at NASA … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Tuesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA
Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an African American mathematician who worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor agency to NASA. She was born Dorothy Johnson in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Annie and Leonard Johnson. Her family moved to Virginia and she graduated from Wilberforce University … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA