Hidden Figures 2

Katherine’s fellow employees were men and she was welcomed to attend any of the team meetings she wanted.

• True

• False

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In the 1950s Langley laboratory purchased what type of machines.

• jet planes

• wind turbines

• real computers that could do math faster

• calculators

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What was the name of the Russian satellite that orbited earth in 1957?

• Rover II

• Apollo 13

• Sputnik

• Targaryen

What was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics changed to

• NASA

• American Space Academy

• National Aeronautics at Langley

• The Pentagon

Who was the President of the United States who said that the goal of the country should be to put a man on the moon?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert F. Kennedy

Who was the astronaut that Katherine had to plan trajectories for?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Robert Boyle

• Davind Jansen

What kind of planes did Christine Darden work as an engineer on?

• supersonic jets

• b12 bombers

• fighter jets

• biplanes

What was the name of the spacecraft that landed on the moon?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 10

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 14

Christine also worked to send men to:

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Pluto

• Venus

Finish the quote "That's one small step for man, and __________________ for mankind."

• one huge step

• one giant leap

• one large step

• one larger leap