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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

mcnees ("Robert McNees") wrote:

Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020, at the age of 101. Editorial cartoonist Steve Breen’s lovely tribute perfectly captured Johnson’s contributions to the US space program.

Credit: Steve Breen
Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/steve-breen/story/2020-02-24/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-dies-at-101

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• Steve Breen's editorial cartoon for the San Diego Union-Tribune shows Johnson working at a blackboard. The equations she writes out in chalk become a stairway that an astronaut in a spacesuit follows to the Moon.