The Woman Who Took NASA To Space, Katherine Johnson

The world watched when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, but few know of the brilliant female mind that made this all possible. This week’s episode of History Gap features the life of Katherine Johnson, a NASA scientist who, in the face of racial and gender discrimination, calculated the path to the moon. The girls also consider the gender and racial inequality evident in STEM past and present.

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