Dorothy Vaughan

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Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer
Year born: 1910
Research Areas: Computer Programming
Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer
Year born: 1910
Research Areas: Computer Programming
Occupation: Astronaut
Year born: 1983
Research Areas: Aviation
"Working in space allows you to see people, from different backgrounds, working towards one common goal"
Occupation: Astronaut
Year born: 1972
Research Areas: Flight Dynamics, Aviation
Occupation: Mathematician
Year born: 1918
Research Areas: Rocket Flightpaths, Trajectories, Orbital Mechanics
"I loved going to work every single day"
The Saturn V rocket was used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. It is a 'human rated expendable rocket', which means that it is safe to use for human spaceflight. The rocket was developed to support the Apollo program, to fly humans to the moon, and was later used to launch Skylab.
The Mercury missions was NASA's first human spaceflight program, from 1958 to 1963. There were 20 unmanned flights (some which sent animals into space), and six successful flights by astronauts.
The Gemini missions was NASA's human spaceflight program in the early 1960s. The Gemini missions came after the Mercury missions, and before the Apollo missions. Each Gemini spacecraft could carry two astronauts, and 10 spacecraft were launched during the Space Race.