Margaret Hamilton is widely recognized for her significant contributions to computer science and software engineering. Born in 1936 in Paoli, Indiana, Margaret played a pivotal role in the development of the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions. She initially studied mathematics and philosophy at Earlham College and eventually shifted her focus towards computer science […]

Grace Hopper, born in 1906, was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. She died in 1992. Grace was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. Hopper played a pivotal role in the development of computer programming and […]

Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) and died in 2000. She was an actress and inventor who made significant contributions in both fields. In the Hollywood Golden Age, she became a renowned film star, known for her beauty and performances in movies such as ‘Algiers’ (1938) and […]

Mary Jackson (1921-2005) was a pioneering African American aerospace engineer at NASA during the mid-20th century. She was one of the first black women to work at NASA and the first black woman to become an engineer at the agency. Jackson was a member of a small group of African American women who worked as […]

Katherine Johnson was a mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Katherine, an African-American, was born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and died in 2020. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned […]