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]
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Oakes, Elizabeth H. 2007. Encyclopedia of World Scientists. New York: Facts on File.
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“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
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