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Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA from the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations, done by hand, helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions.
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Katherine Johnson was a real-life superhero who used her brilliant mind to blast astronauts into space and bring them safely home. Young readers will be wowed by how this African American woman did incredibly complex math on paper at a time when people told her she couldn't work in science. If your kid loves inspiring true stories about people who change the world like "Little Leaders" or dreams of space, they will be fascinated by Katherine's journey. Perfect for kids in grades K-3 ages 5-8 who love true stories about smart people who never gave up.