Neil De Grasse Tyson Katherine Johnson NASA Katherine
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Neil De. Grasse Tyson Katherine Johnson
NASA • Katherine Johnson and Neil De. Grasse Tyson are both still alive • Both of them have kids • They are both with NASA • Neil and Katherine are both married • They both won awards • Katherine- Presidential medal of Freedom • Neil- Public service, Hubbard medal
Background of Katherine • She was born august 1918 26, White Sulphur Springs • Her nickname is The human computer • Her full name is Katherine Globe Johnson • She graduated from West Virginia State College with a Bachelors degree in mathematics
How did Katherine Johnson start? • Katherine. G. Johnson was selected to be the first out of three African Americas students to enroll in a graduate program at West Virginia graduate school.
Background of Neil • He was born October 5, 1958 in NYC • He was American top Astrophysicist
How did Neil start? • Neil started because at a young age he loved starts and wanted to learn more about them. His first job in the fields was at Hayden Planetarium
Neil and Katherine kids , husband/wife • Neil’s kids names were Travis , Miranda Tyson. He is married to Alice Young. They got together in 1988. They are still married to this day • Katherine kids names are Constance, Joylette , Katherine Globe. She was married to James Francis Globe until he died( 19391956). Then she married Colonel James A. Johnson(1959)They are still married.
Why did you choose these people? • We choose them because many people don’t know about Katherine Johnson and Neil De. Grasse Tyson. And during black history month people don’t really talk about Astronauts.
Reference • https: //www. biography. com/people/neil-degrasse-tyson-20766239 • https: //www. nasa. gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography • https: //www. biography. com/people/katherine-g-johnson-101016
