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Katherine Johnson NASA Legend And Hidden Figure Dies At 101

2020-07-06T15:42:02Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> [ Enlarge Image] Katherine Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2015. NASA/Bill Ingalls Katherine Johnson, who died Monday at 101, is [ remembered] as a "NASA mathematician, trailblazer in the quest for racial equality, contributor to our nation's first triumphs in human spaceflight and champion of STEM education." [/tags/nasa/ NASA] Administrator [http://casa-antigo.eu/wiki/Review_Of_BCCI_Platinum_Jubilee_Match http://casa-antigo.eu/wiki/Review_Of_BCCI_Platinum_Jubilee_Match] Jim Bridenstine shared the [ news of her passing]. "She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten," Bridenstine wrote. Our [ @NASA] family is sad to learn the news that Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at 101 years old. She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten. [ ][ pic.twitter.com/AgtxRnA89h] — Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) [ February 24, 2020] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); As a "[ human computer]," Johnson famously double-checked the numbers for astronaut John Glenn's 1962 orbital mission. Glenn himself asked for Johnson to re-run the computer calculations prior to his launch. This came at a pivotal moment in the space race between the US and the Soviet Union. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. [ Enlarge Image] Katherine Johnson's work at NASA's Langley Research Center spanned 1953 to 1986 and included trajectory calculations that helped make early space launches successful. NASA She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Johnson's work and legacy came into sharper focus for many in the 2016 book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race. The nonfiction book was adapted into the 2016 movie [ Hidden Figures]. More on Katherine Johnson [/news/nasa-building-renamed-after-hidden-figures-katherine-johnson/ NASA renames building after Katherine Johnson, Hidden Figures space star] [/news/nasa-honors-hidden-figures-with-street-renaming/ NASA honors Hidden Figures by renaming street] "When asked to name her greatest contribution to space exploration, Katherine Johnson talks about the calculations that helped synch Project Apollo's Lunar Lander with the moon-orbiting Command and Service Module," [ NASA says in a biography of Johnson]. [ NASA quoted Johnson in a statement issued at the time of the Presidential Medal of Freedom honor]: "I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed … anything that could be counted, I did." Johnson's life counted, immeasurably.

Ganguly Vows apos;corruption-free apos; BCCI After Becoming President

2020-07-06T15:25:16Z

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One of the most successful national captains in the sport, Ganguly promised to clean up the mess at the BCCI after he filed his nomination to the post last week Former captain Sourav Ganguly Wednesday vowed to clean up Indian cricket as he was elected president of the sport's rich and powerful but troubled national board. Cricket's massive popularity in India has made the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by far the wealthiest of all the national boards, netting massive sums from sponsorship and TV deals. But it has also been embroiled in a series of scandals, including accusations of corruption and match-fixing that tarnished the Indian Premier League (IPL) -- the country's lucrative Twenty20 extravaganza. The appointment of the 47-year-old Ganguly -- for an initial 10 months only -- at a meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday ends more than two years of a committee appointed by India's top court overseeing the board's affairs. "It's an honour that I have been asked to take this role by the members when it's a new start for the BCCI," Ganguly, wearing his India captain's blazer, said in his first address as BCCI chief. "Things need to be brought back in place, reforms need to done, huge amounts of money to be paid to state associations. "It's a challenge and I'll do it the way I know. The way which I feel is best for BCCI with no compromise on credibility, corruption-free and same-for-all BCCI. That's the way I led India and that's the way I will take forward this organisation with whatever time I have." - 'Kohli, most important man' - A corruption and match-fixing scandal in the sixth edition of the IPL in 2013 brought about the downfall of the board's then-president Narayanaswami Srinivasan after his son-in-law was accused of betting on matches. The appointment of his successor Anurag Thakur and his number two Ajay Shirke was seen as representing a break with the past. But in January 2017 Thakur and Shirke were axed by the Supreme Court over their inability to enact a series of recommended reforms. The order came after judges slapped restrictions on the BCCI's accounts in 2016 over its failure to implement changes put forward by a panel headed by a former top judge, Rajendra Mal Lodha. The court then appointed a top anti-corruption troubleshooter, Vinod Rai, as head of a team to oversee the running of board. But the board's reluctance to implement Lodha's recommendations, which included age limits and term limits on office-bearers, had triggered a number of legal battles. Ganguly promised to listen to national skipper Virat Kohli, the "most important man in Indian cricket", and said he would speak to the star player on Thursday. "Virat Kohli is the most important man in Indian cricket, we will listen to him. Mutual respect will be there, [http://duckart168.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1839522&do=profile&from=space duckart168.com] opinions will be there," Ganguly said. "We will support him in every possible way, whatever he wants." Ganguly, a left-handed opener, retired from Test cricket in 2008 having accumulated 7,212 runs including 16 centuries -- his first made at Lord's on debut.

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