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Katherine Goble was in 1918 in West Virgina.
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Her early life was spent justifying her amazing math skills. She soon learned she loved to count. She was counting everything by the 1st grade,
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At a very young age, she excelled at most things. For her incredible math skills, she began high school at age 10.
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She began college at 15 yrs. She took classes to be a mathematician. She went to West Virgina State College. She met her husband and she stopped going to school
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She went back to college one they started to integrate after she finished college by 18. She became a teacher and got married.
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Katherine had her first child Constance Goble with her husband James Francis Goble.
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The job opened up for a computer in NASA. Soon got a temporary job about a crash that happens. Turned out it was permanet or 4 years.
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Sadly, her husband died of cancer. He died right after she finished her temporary job. They had three daughters.
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Russia Launch the 1st artificial satellite in space. This changed Katherine life, she was able to calculate the trajectory for John Glenn's launch.
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John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth. He asked personally for Katherine to check the calculations for his launch.
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Katherine retired from her job at NASA in 1986. She worked there for 28 years. She was a computer for many major Space Programs.
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She got an Honorary Doctor of Science at the Captial College in Maryland.
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She got an honorary doctorate of science from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virgina.
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Katherine Goble received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She received this for her work in the NASA space program. Also, her contributions to the Space Race.
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On this day, Katherine got a computing room in NASA named after her. This room was 30 million dollars and was 40,000 square foot.
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The movie Hidden Figures comes out to honor her and many other changemakers.
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On August 26, 2017 she turned 99 years old. She is living strong! :)
