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G3: Explorers: Dorothy Vaughan

Resources for G3 Explorer Project

Biographical Information

“I changed what I could, and what I couldn't, I endured.”

"Before computers, there was me."
 

IBM 360. 1971-1978

Example of the computer Vaughan taught herself to use.

Hand Calculations

An example portion of hand equation from one of Langley’s computers, Image credit: Malone Estate, NASA

Circular Slide Rule

One of the tools Vaughan used to make her calculations

Videos