Katherine Johnson

#Best Astronomer

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@Apple_boy_1643 You’re really funny.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@CarlSaganspace Sorry I took your girl. #player

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@Gi0vanni_panini @EinsteinA17 That game is dead.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@EinsteinA17 Straight facts!

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@SmartHawking160 That’s light work for me.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

@SmartHawking160 Yo I just read it but it’s not as good as my book.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

“In math, you’re either right or you’re wrong.”
-me

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

My first husband James Goble died of cancer in 1956. #remarried #newhusband #movingon

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I received my doctorate degree after dropping out of graduate school more than 75 years ago. #Graduated

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I also contributed to plans for a potential Mars mission.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I literally wrote a book on space travel. #nerd

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I forgot to mention that NASA named a research center after me. #blessed

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I was a freshman in high school at the age of just 10. #smart

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

Going to college at a young age was hard but I endured and eventually the hard work payed off.

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

As an African American women, I was faced with racism and sexism in the workforce but I didn’t let that get in the way. #strong

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I was faced with segregation and discrimination but I didn’t let that stop me. #strong

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

My math helped send astronauts to the Moon and back. #smart

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I also helped safely land Apollo 11 on the moon. #respect

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I was the one who calculated the path for Freedom 7 that sent my boy Alan Shepard into space. #carried

[Katherine Johnson @Kat_Johnson123]

I was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama. #winner