Kowa ya san labarin shahararriyar na'urar Apollo 11 ta NASA da ta tashi a shekarar 1969, inda ta zama aikin farko da ta sanya mutane a kan wata, inda Neil Armstrong ya jagoranci rundunar kuma shi ne farkon wanda ya taka ta. Harba jirgin sama zuwa wata ba wani abu ne na yau da kullun ba, kuma yana buƙatar ƙungiyoyi masu ban mamaki. Nan ne aka fara samun ƙungiyoyi masu ban mamaki. Katherine johnson ta zo cikin hoton; ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen nasarar manyan binciken sararin samaniya, ciki har da na Apollo 11An zaɓe Johnson a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban Baƙar fata uku da suka haɗa da makarantar digiri na Jami'ar West Virginia, kuma an san shi sosai a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin baƙar fata mafi shahara. mata a STEM a yau.
Daga West Virginia zuwa Taurari
A matsayinta na mace mai launin fata a wurin aiki da maza suka fi rinjaye, Johnson ta zama alamar hazaka da jajircewa. Aikinta ya haɗa da tsara taswirar hanyar tashi ta Apollo 11, taimakawa wajen jagorantar 'yan sama jannati zuwa saman wata lafiya. Ta kuma zama babbar masaniyar lissafi a NASA wacce aikinta ya kasance mai mahimmanci ga ayyukan farko na sararin samaniya na Amurka.
An haifi Johnson a shekarar 1918, tana son lambobi da lissafi tun tana ƙarama. Kwarewarta ta sa ta samu maki da yawa, kuma ta halarci makarantar sakandare a lokacin da take da shekaru 13. Ta kammala karatunta da mafi girman matsayi a shekarar 1937 kuma ta yanke shawarar koyarwa. A shekarar 1939, ta shiga shirin digiri na biyu na lissafi a Jami'ar West Virginia, ta bar aikin koyarwa. Bayan ta yi aure ta kuma fara iyali, ta fara aiki a Cibiyar Bincike ta Langley ta NASA a shekarar 1953, tana nazarin bayanan gwajin jirgin sama da kuma rubuta rahotannin bincike masu mahimmanci tare. Johnson ta zama mace ta farko da ta sami yabo a matsayin marubuciyar rahoton bincike a Sashen Binciken Jiragen Sama.
Ta ba da gudummawa ga lissafin mahimmanci don ayyukan farko na sararin samaniya, ciki har da aikin Alan Shepard na 1961, Freedom 7. Ta kuma yi aiki a kan aikin John Glenn na kewayawa a 1962, inda Glenn da kanta ta dogara da lissafin hannunta. Ko da bayan kwamfuta ta tattara lambobin, Glenn ya nuna amincewarsa ga Johnson ta hanyar roƙonta ta tabbatar da su ta hanyar lissafin hannu.
Tsararru masu ban sha'awa
Johnson ta nuna kanta a matsayin abin koyi, tana ci gaba da zaburar da tsararraki. A shekarar 2015, tana da shekaru 97, Shugaba Barack Obama ya ba ta lambar yabo ta 'Yanci ta Shugaban Kasa saboda gudummawar da ta bayar wajen binciken sararin samaniya. Gadonta ya kasance ba ta da lahani yayin da Shugaban NASA James Bridenstine ya yi ta'aziyya lokacin da ta rasu a shekarar 2020. Ya bayyana cewa, "Jaruma ce 'yar Amurka, kuma ba za a taɓa mantawa da gadonta na farko ba."
Cibiyar Bincike ta Langley ta NASA ta buɗe Cibiyar Binciken Kwamfuta ta Katherine G. Johnson domin girmama gadonta. Johnson ba wai kawai ta kasance abin koyi ga hazakarta ta lambobi ba, har ma ta kalubalanci nuna wariya tsakanin jinsi da wariyar launin fata, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata mafi kwarin gwiwa don duba sama.
Hoton hoto: The images mallakar NASA ne kuma an samar da su don amfani da su a jaridu.
Majiyoyi: Margot Lee Shetterly (NASA) / Tucker Toole (National Geographic) / NASA
