Catherine Johnson

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:West_Virginia_State_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1918-08-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Creola_Katherine_Coleman
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:White_Sulphur_Springs,_West_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Constance_Goble
gptkb:Joylette_Goble
gptkb:Kathy_Goble
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-02-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:employer gptkb:NASA
gptkb:NACA
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:TIME_100
gptkb:BBC_100_Women
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
aerospace engineering
space science
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:honor NASA Langley Research Center named a building after her
NASA named the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility after her
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Catherine Johnson
gptkbp:influenced NASA space missions
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W._W._Schieffelin_Claytor
gptkbp:knownFor calculating trajectories for Apollo 11
calculating trajectories for Project Mercury
contributions to spaceflight mathematics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Alpha_Kappa_Alpha
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork calculations for John Glenn's orbital flight
calculations for Alan Shepard's flight
calculations for Apollo 11 lunar landing
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:Taraji_P._Henson
gptkb:Hidden_Figures
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Determination_of_Azimuth_Angle_at_Burnout_for_Placing_a_Satellite_Over_a_Selected_Earth_Position
gptkb:The_Lunar_Orbits_and_the_Lunar_Landing
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:retired 1986
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:James_A._Johnson
gptkb:James_Francis_Goble
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Hidden_Figures_(book)
gptkb:Hidden_Figures_(film)
biographies and documentaries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mamma_Mia!
gptkb:Mamma_Mia!_Here_We_Go_Again
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5