Mae Jemison, Hidden Figures, and the Space Program

The movie 'Hidden Figures' portrays three Black women who:

• work in the space program as human computers.

• work at Grumman Aerospace Corporation, designing spacecraft.

• work in the space program as astronauts.

• are teachers.

The three women portrayed in 'Hidden Figures' are real-life people, named:

• Nancy Phyllis Jacobs, LeWellyn Kalmar, and Yannah Lewis

• Kelly McGillis, Hampton Rhodes, and Allison Modret

• Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan

• Ms. Bryant, Mrs. Renfrow, and Ms. Wilson

Katherine Johnson's assignment was to:

• all of these

• create a new kind of math to plan orbital flights

• type reports

• calculate the trajectories of spacecraft from launch to splashdown

When John Glenn was getting ready to fly his orbital mission, something went wrong. What was it?

• The big, fancy computer gave two different sets of coordinates for the landing.

• The big, fancy computer caught on fire and couldn't perform calculations.

• The big, fancy computer got mad and quit.

• His wife called and said he needed to come home and fix the sink like he said he would.

Who saved the day when the big, fancy computer gave bad information?

• Dorothy Vaughan. She fixed the computer with a pen cap and a stick of gum.

• Katherine Johnson. She did the calculations by hand, with the help of a calculator.

• Mary Jackson. She calculated a whole new trajectory and called it in over the phone.

• No one. The flight didn't happen, and the U.S.A. never flew in space again.

Mary Jackson took classes to become a certified:

• engineer

• pilot

• astronaut

• Social Studies teacher

In order to go into orbit around the Earth, a spacecraft must:

• go super-fast

• be pointy

• be lighter than air

• be made of silver

The big danger in returning from orbit is:

• if you didn't pay your bills before you left, you could be in trouble when you get back

• you're going so fast that heat builds up as you pass through the atmosphere

• landing in Grand Rapids, Michigan

• going right through the Earth and leaving a big hole

To keep from burning up on re-entry, spacecraft have a(n):

• Aludium P48 Space Modulator.

• fire extinguisher

• freeze ray

• heat shield

_________________ became the first African-American woman to travel to space in 1992.

• Mae Jemison

• Claudia Freem

• Nora Pequod

• Sally Umbenhaur