Hidden Figures ch. 21-23

John Glenn was:

• The first man to orbit Earth.

• The first American to orbit Earth.

• The first man in space.

• First American in space.

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Katherine Johnson found____ agreement between the IBM computer's output and her calculations for John Glenn's flight.

• very good

• very poor

• very slim

• very little

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While NASA was preparing for John Glenn's flight, the Russians...

• completed a 17 orbit flight

• walked on the moon

• sent men to orbit the moon (but did not land)

• sabotaged Project Mercury

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What caused Friendship 7 to land 40 miles off course?

• the added weight of the still attached rocket.

• Poor calculations

• computer error

• lighter than calculated vehicle due to ditching the rocket

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Despite federal job integration in the 1960s, few black people were applying for jobs at NASA's Langley Laboratory because

• the area was still socially segregated.

• Langley was still segregated.

• black people could not become engineers.

• only men could work there.

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______was featured in the 1963 Department of Labor brochure.

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

• Mary Jackson

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This mission had an electrical fire that killed the 3 men on board.

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 1

• Project Mercury's Friendship 7

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The Poor People's Campaign protested against moon landing missions because

• the missions were not safe

• the money spent on space missions could be spent to help Americans.

• NASA made too many errors.

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After John Glenn's flight, Katherine was featured on the front page of this newspaper:

• The Pittsburgh Courier

• The New York Times

• The Wall Street Journal

• The Hampton Herald

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Katherine said that working on ______ was the highlight of her career.

• guiding the Apollo Command and Service Module

• designing the lunar lander

• coordinating the Command and Service Module with the lunar lander

• John Glenn's flight

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