Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson

Events

Katherine G Johnson Birth Date

August 26,1918

Born In West Virginia

Graduated From West Virginia State College With High Honors

1937

Married James Francis Goble

1939

Began To Work At National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Langley Laboratory

1953

James Francis Goble Passed Away Due To Cancer

1956

Married Colonel James A. Johnson

1959

Calculated Path For Freedom 7

1961

Calculated Path For Friendship 7

1962

Apollo 11

1969

Apollo 13

1970

Retirement Date

1986

Awarded with the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom

2015