>>> THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN.

MAN. ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. >> THAT WAS JULY 20th, 1969.

>> THAT WAS JULY 20th, 1969. A COLLECTIVE MOMENT THAT AMERICA

A COLLECTIVE MOMENT THAT AMERICA TRULY SHARED AS A NATION, AS A

TRULY SHARED AS A NATION, AS A PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. THE DAY THE ASTRONAUTS OF APOLLO

THE DAY THE ASTRONAUTS OF APOLLO 11 PLANTED AN AMERICAN FLAG ON

11 PLANTED AN AMERICAN FLAG ON TERRAIN NEVER BEFORE TOUCHED BY

TERRAIN NEVER BEFORE TOUCHED BY HUMANITY.

HUMANITY. AT LEAST 600 MILLION PEOPLE

AT LEAST 600 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHED WHEN IT

AROUND THE WORLD WATCHED WHEN IT HAPPENED.

HAPPENED. WHAT THEY DID NOT SEE, THOUGH,

WHAT THEY DID NOT SEE, THOUGH, WAS ALL OF THE EFFORT FROM ALL

WAS ALL OF THE EFFORT FROM ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO MADE

OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO MADE THAT MOMENT POSSIBLE.

THAT MOMENT POSSIBLE. PEOPLE LIKE KATHERINE JOHNSON, A

PEOPLE LIKE KATHERINE JOHNSON, A NASA MATHEMATICIAN WHO DIED THIS

NASA MATHEMATICIAN WHO DIED THIS MORNING.

MORNING. JOHNSON CALCULATED THE FLIGHT

JOHNSON CALCULATED THE FLIGHT PATH THAT PUT AMERICA IN SPACE

PATH THAT PUT AMERICA IN SPACE AND A MAN ON THE MOON, AND SHE

AND A MAN ON THE MOON, AND SHE DID WIT A PENCIL AND PAPER.

DID WIT A PENCIL AND PAPER. JOHNSON WAS ONE OF THE NASA

JOHNSON WAS ONE OF THE NASA EMPLOYEES KNOWN AS COMPUTERS,

EMPLOYEES KNOWN AS COMPUTERS, CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR HER NATION

CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR HER NATION WITH OTHER WOMEN, SOME WHO WERE

WITH OTHER WOMEN, SOME WHO WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN, WORKING IN A

AFRICAN AMERICAN, WORKING IN A SEPARATE ROOM FROM WHITE

SEPARATE ROOM FROM WHITE COLLEAGUES DUE TO FEDERAL

COLLEAGUES DUE TO FEDERAL SEGREGATION LAWS.

SEGREGATION LAWS. HER LIFE'S WORK WAS HIGHLIGHTED

HER LIFE'S WORK WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOOK "HIDDEN FIGURES"

IN THE BOOK "HIDDEN FIGURES" WHICH LATER BECAME A FEATURE

WHICH LATER BECAME A FEATURE FILM.

FILM. IN 2015 SHE WAS AWARDED THE

IN 2015 SHE WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM.

PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. INDEED, IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT

INDEED, IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT ICONIC AMERICAN MOMENT OF A MAN

ICONIC AMERICAN MOMENT OF A MAN LANDING ON THE MOON, THAT

LANDING ON THE MOON, THAT COLOSSAL ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN

COLOSSAL ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN INGENUITY, THAT MOMENT THAT

INGENUITY, THAT MOMENT THAT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER AS A

BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER AS A NATION WOULD NOT HAVE ADDED UP

NATION WOULD NOT HAVE ADDED UP WITHOUT KATHERINE JOHNSON.

WITHOUT KATHERINE JOHNSON. THE WOMAN WHO MADE ONE GIANT