#annie easley

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Annie Easley, programmer at NASA, known for her coding on the Centaur rocket

DECEMBER 21 - ANNIE EASLEY

Annie Easleywas an American mathematician and rocket scientist, and one of the first African-Americans in this field. Born in Alabama during days of segregation and severe racial inequality, she worked hard to get a high level of education and started working for the Lewis Research Center at NASA, only one of four African-Americans out of thousands of employees.

During her long and fruitful career, her research contributed greatly to the development of computer codes, the implementation of alternative energy systems and the technological foundation of satellite and rocket launching.

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