Hidden Figures soars as it unveils three brilliant African-American women mathematicians at NASA who, against all odds and systemic racism, calculated critical trajectories, enabling John Glenn's orbit and breaking cosmic and earthly barriers alike.
Hidden Figures Trivia
Who was the NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of the first American manned spaceflights, as depicted in "Hidden Figures"? (Hard)
#1: Dorothy Vaughan
#2: Mary Jackson
#3: Katherine Johnson
#4: Christine Darden
Who was the director of the Space Task Group in "Hidden Figures"? (Easy)
#1: Al Harrison
#2: John Glenn
#3: Jim Parsons
#4: Neil Armstrong
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Hidden Figures Fun Facts
NASA physicist Katherine Johnson, one of the Hidden Figures, calculated the flight trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and later for the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.
Mary Jackson, another Hidden Figures mathematician, became NASA's first Black female engineer in 1958.
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