Space programs Hidden Figures. Ms. Johnson was an engineer in huntsville, alabama working for boeing, the sponsor for tonights event. She worked on the team that determined the path the saturn v would take if the rocket fell back to earth. Their work was vital for safety planning. After boeing and a successful career in Computer Technology, she now teaches the next generation of computer workers. Please join me in recognizing and welcoming ms. Marion lee johnson. [applause] like ms. Johnson, tonights speakers certainly know what it is like to blaze trails and defy expectations. Throughout this years 50th anniversary celebrations of the apollo 11 mission, i have been moved by the stories that have finally shined a spotlight on the Inspiring Women who helped make our exploration of space possible. We are lucky to have three of them here on the panel tonight. Aerospace engineer joann hardin morgan, engineer poppy northcutt, and medical researcher dr. Carolyn leach huntoon. Each of our spe
This program was hosted by the national air and space museum. [applause] wel feel strongly that we wit we to set foot on mars will indeed have stepped through our doors forced, first, and maybe she will come back to give a lecture of her own someday. Before introducing our speakers im really excited to also let you know we have a special guest who is able to join us at the last moment. Her name is marian lee johnson, and like the women featured in the movie, she was one of the Space Programs Hidden Figures. Ms. Johnson was an engineer in huntsville, alabama working for boeing, the sponsor for tonights event. She worked on the team that determined the path the saturn five would take if the rocket fell back to earth. Their work was vital. After boeing and a successful career in computer technology, she now teaches the next generation of computer workers. Clean join me in recognizing and welcoming ms. Mary lee johnson. Lee johnson. [applause] like ms. Johnson, tonights speakers know what
Lunar moon landing, a hearing on past and future exploration by nasa and its astronauts. This is 90 minutes. [pounding] hearing is called to ovrd. 50 years ago, exactly one week from today, at 9 30 a. M. , three astronauts sitting atop a rocket destroyer, a navy of ing 7 1 2 Million Pounds thrust took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. A Million People had gathered on the ground to watch event, including half of the United States congress. Three astronauts, as one at the ewspapers put it time, carried with them the hopes of the world. Was 1969. Born. Before i was the astronauts were Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and collins, and the mission was apollo 11. Would go ond aldrin to make history a little more than a hundred hours later. With more than a third of or listening hing live, they became the first on the o ever set foot moon. The apollo 11 mission would go history again. A little less than a hundred hours of that, as the first not only to put men on home on but to bring them
Im perceived wonderwall come to d. W. News africa im glad here today in the un ses the number of people contracting hiv and die of aids related illnesses has plummeted in africa and a report released today the u. N. Says 7 and Eastern Africa is meeting the way with a 28 percent reduction in infection rates and in south africa which hosts the Worlds Largest hiv Treatment Program infections are down more than 50 percent since 2010 but its not all looking good north africa has seen a 10 percent increase in infection rates the u. N. Also warns that global if its 3 eradicate the disease was stalling because of a drop in funding we spoke to peace again from the joint United Nations program on hiv and aids we asked him what is contributing to the successes in easton and Southern Africa. There is a lot of Financial Resources that have gone to the response in east and Southern Africa those resources have come both from National Governments for example so that africa base for a large fraction of
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