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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 – – –

Gubert, Betty Kaplan, Miriam Sawyer, and Caroline M. Fannin. 2001. Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science.
Westport, Conn: Oryx Press. 

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


– – – 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

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