NASA’s ‘human computer’: Meet the woman who calculated the future of spaceflight without machines

Annie Easley began as a ‘human computer’, performing complex calculations by hand before electronic systems took over. She later became a programmer at NASA, contributing to propulsion and energy ...
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NASA’s ’Human computer’ turns 100 Katherine Johnson: ‘I’m just lucky’

The former 'human computer” at NASA Langley Research Center - whose intricate, done-by-hand calculations sent men into space and brought them back safely - turned 100 on Aug. 26. West Virginia State ...
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JSU alumna helps power NASA’s Artemis launches

A Jackson State University graduate is helping lead NASA’s Artemis mission, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time in decades. Ales-Cia Winsley’s journey to NASA began in Jackson ...