She became the first African-American hired into a technical position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a ‘computer’. JPL sent her on a programming training course at IBM and she learnt speed coding and was promoted to ‘mathematician’.
Actress, singer and dancer Nichelle Nichols is best known for her work as Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek series, six subsequent films and Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman in space, and later politician
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American astronaut, medical doctor and engineer
American astronaut and physicist
American astronaut and naval pilot
American astronaut and engineer
American astronaut, biologist and Army Reserve officer
American astronaut and engineer