Dorothy, Katherine, Mary, Christine By marissastrokan 1903 The Wright brothers make 1st powered flight 1915 NACA was established 1935 1st female computers are hired at Langley 1939 World War II begins 1943 Dorothy Vaughn starts working for NACA 1945 World War II ends 1949 Dorothy Vaughn is leader of West Computers 1951 Mary Jackson joins the West Computers 1951 US and Russia compete to get to space 1st 1951 Mary Jackson Starts working for NACA 1953 Katherine Johnson starts working for NACA 1954 Brown v. Board of Education goes to court 1955 Mary Jackson begins work with NASA 1957 Russia launches Sputnik Satellite 1958 NACA transformed into NASA 1961 JFK said US would get to space before 1970 1962 John Glenn orbited earth and returned home 1962 Katherine Johnson verified Friendship 7 trip 1964 Segregation ends 1967 Christine Darden starts working for NACA 1967 Christine Darden starts working at Langley 1969 Apollo II landed on the moon successfully 1975 Dorothy Vaughn retired from NASA 1975 The Vietnam War ends
