ASP Tidings ASP's Arthur B.C. Walker II Award

摘要

Dr. Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who calculated and verified the trajectories that took the first Americans into space and to the Moon, is the inaugural recipient of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Arthur B.C. Walker II Award. The Arthur B.C. Walker II Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an African American in astronomy as well as for actively promoting diversity in science. Dr. Johnson's family accepted the award on her behalf on October 22, 2017, during the ASP's Annual Award Gala in Burlingame, California.