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Dorothy Vaughan née Dorothy Jean Johnson ( 20 septembre 1910 - 10 novembre 2008) est une mathématicienne et informaticienne américaine qui a travaillé pour le National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), puis à la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), contribuant ainsi aux premières décennies du programme spatial américain.
28 juin 2024 · Learn about Dorothy Vaughan, who led the segregated West Area Computing Unit at NACA/NASA from 1949 to 1958. She was a respected mathematician, a pioneer for women and minorities in the agency, and a FORTRAN programmer.
Dorothy Jean Johnson Vaughan (September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008) was an American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Il y a 1 jour · NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center’s “Building 12,” on Friday, July 19, the eve of the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. At 9 a.m ...
Dorothy Vaughan, American mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the early years of the U.S. space program and who was the first African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which later became part of NASA.
25 mai 2017 · Learn about Dorothy Vaughan, the first African-American female supervisor of the NACA and an expert in digital computers. She supported aeronautical and space programs with her mathematical calculations and advocated for the rights of all computers.
Il y a 1 jour · NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon ...
