Christine Darden
Note: She researched sonic boom and its relation to supersonic and hypersonic aircraft at NASA.
She was the first African-American woman at NASA’s Langley Research Center to be promoted into senior executive service [Wikipedia]
Articles
- Buckley, Cara. “On Being a Black Female Math Whiz During the Space Race,” New York Times [Books Section] September 5, 2016.
- Darden, Christine. “Sonic-Boom Minimization with Nose-Bluntness Relaxation” Technical Journal, January 1, 1979. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- Darden, Christine. “An Overview of NASA’s HSR Program: Environmental Issues and Economic Concerns,” European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, September 11, 1998. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
Books
Websites
- “Dr. Christine Darden. NASA Scientist Leader in Sonic Boom Technology,” – Black Ladies
- “Christine Darden,” – The History Makers [Science Makers]
- “Christine Darden,” Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum [Women in Aviation and Space History]
- “Christine Mann Darden,” – The Human Computer Project
- “Christine Voncile Mann Darden” National Academy of Sciences [African American History Program]
- Lineberry, Denise. “Standing on the Shoulders of a Computer,” NASA Langley,March 29, 2013
- “7 Black Scientists and Engineers Who Helped Make Space Travel Possible,” Atlanta BlackStar
- Christine Darden – Wikipedia