Hidden Figures Page #9

- Oh, my Goodness!

- What's going on?

- Let's go.

- Ya'll follow me.

Weve just learned, the Friendship 7..

is in danger of losing its heat shield.

Have you heard any banging noises?

or anything of this type at higher rates?

Thats a negative, Capcom.

Tell them not to jettison

the retro-package.

Tell him not to jettison

the retro-package.

NASA is confirming this is some sort of

malfunction with the capsules heat shield,

and it may not stay in place.

If the heat shield is loose... The retro-

package straps might hold it in place.

- Will that work?

- It will work.

It will hold it until he reaches the

Go /No Go point. It will work!

He has to override the 05g.

Do it.

Friendship 7...

Were recommending that the retro-package

NOT, I repeat, NOT be jettisoned.

This means that you will have

to override the 05g switch.

Roger!

Is this a reason for this? Over.

Standby, 7.

Not this time, 7.

Roger, that command.

Ill have to make a manual 05g entry,

and bring the scope in.

Over.

He knows.

Without a heat shield,

theres no way that Colonel Glenn

can get back through

the Earths atmosphere.

The heat is simply too overpowering.. and

might function the automatic control system...

You're going to use

fly-by-wire for reentry.

Youll need to maintain a zero angle.

Over. Over?

Roger. I'm on fly-by-wire,

back-it up with manual. Over.

Keep talking to him.

Roger. The weather in the recovery area:

3 foot waves, 10 miles visibility.

Can't get'm.

Are you are getting out now?

Hes crossing the

communication black-out zone.

Theres a real fireball outside,

and it's getting too hot here!

Friendship 7.

Do you copy? Over.

Again.

Friendship 7.

Do you copy? Over.

Friendship 7. Do you copy? Over.

Loud and clear, Capcom.

Roger that.

How are you doing?

My condition is good.

But that was a real fireball, boy

Roger that.

Lets get you all the way home.

Roger that.

Heres hoping these landing coords still hold.

Approaching 16.11984.

- Roger that!

- Approaching -165.2356. In 3, 2, 1.

Engaging chutes.

Beautiful chutes.

How do I look, Capcom?

Your Go/No Go is good.

Landing coordinates are spot on, 7.

Roger that, Capcom.

I've Always wanted to swim in

the Bahamas. Over.

John Glenn has splashed-down,

and is being recovered.

John Glenn has splashed-down safely.

and is being recovered by US Navy.

Katherine!

- Nice work.

- You too, Mr. Harrison.

So..

You think we will get to the moon?

We're already there, sir.

John Glenn successfully completed three of

a scheduled seven orbit flight.

His Friendship 7 Mission turned the tide in

the space race, propelling NASA to the moon

in 1969.

Mary Jackson became NASA's.. and American

first female African-American aeronautical engineer.

In 1979, she was appointed Langley's Woman's

Program Manager, where she fought to advance

women of all colors.

Girls..... This is Mrs. Vaughan.

Your supervisor.

- Shell show you how things work.

- Yeah! Come here.

Dorothy Vaughan became NASA's

first African-American supervisor.

As a FORTRAN specialist, on the frontier of

electronic computing, she was regarded as one of

the most brilliant minds at NASA.

Notes on Space Technology

By:
Paul Stafford and Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson went on perform

calculations for the Apollo II mission to the

moon and Space Shuttle.

In 2016, NASA dedicated the Katherine G. Johnson

Computational Building in honor of her

groundbreaking work in space travel.

At the age of 97, Katherine was awarded the

Presidential Medal of Freedom.. and celebrated

her 56th anniversary with Jim Johnson.

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