katherine_johnson_1918

American mathematician my calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

POV: watching me react to all these ded bois arguing abt who’s the better scientist, I haven’t seen any real math getting laid out yet smh

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

@SirIssacNewto19 Y’all got doctorates or???

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Ya but do y’all have your doctorate in science🔝🔝

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

I wrote the book on space travel (literally). I co-authored one of the first textbooks on space💫

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

My dad farmed, it allowed me to go to school #simplejobspayoff

[SirIssacNewton @SirIssacNewto19]

My mom really was about to make me a farmer

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Ppl used to think it was impossible to get to space, but look where we are today! With a lil bit of my help of course ;)👏🏽

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

My eyes don’t work as well as they used to, I’ve had some spelling errors in a few of my tweets. #101yrsyoung

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Tiktok has been keeping me up to date w what’s cool.

POV: ur watching me calculate the trajectory to the orbit the earth

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

This may be controversial, don’t attack me I’m 101 😩
I think astronomy discoveries and calculations that happen in more modern times are more impressive, with all the technology keeping tabs with us it’s much harder to discover something totally new #thinkaboutit

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Woman in NASA faced prejudice in the 1050s but we push through together #bossladies

[Henrietta Swan Leavitt @SwanLeavitt]

Another challenge I had to face was the very fact that I was a woman. In my time, very few women worked outside of the house #workhard

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

“Katherine G. Johnson Hall will be a powerful symbol of what can be achieved, no matter the obstacles, when students of all backgrounds are given the opportunity to succeed” -Mason President Ángel Cabrera

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Flex👌🏽

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

I heard on tiktok there’s ppl who talk abt space facts...may have to download and see what the ‘hype’¿ is about

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

I have two brothers ppl don’t normally recognize, shout-out to my big bros Horace and Charles

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

Did you know for a spacecraft to successfully travel we have to calculate its trajectory while accounting for the pull of gravity, there are a lot of moving parts in spacecraft launching, it has to be perfect 👏🏽

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

I’d be afraid of all the computers doing calculations these days, what if there’s an error in the code?? I say humans should always check too!!

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

It’s one of my biggest blessings in life, my kids tell me now that even when I was busy at work I’d make time to come home and spend time with them, no work at all, to hear that your dedication to your children meant something to them is the greatest achievement of all time☺️

[SirIssacNewton @SirIssacNewto19]

Imagine having kids

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

@Nickcopernicuss We kinda got matching hair doe

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

NASA really named a whole building after me, the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility, really rolls of the tongue right?? Lol

[katherine_johnson_1918 @1918Johnson]

I calculated the exact trajectory to the moon, the exact orbit it would take to travel around our Earth using only my brain, and raised three young daughters at the same time, guess you could say I’m doing more than newton #mathandmadness

[SirIssacNewton @SirIssacNewto19]

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.“