1. What was the name of the rocket that was used to propel the Mercury capsule into orbit?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Gemini.

2. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 13160.
(b) Executive Order 8802.
(c) Executive Order 9066.
(d) Executive Order 11246.

3. What was the name of the white woman who went with Mary Jackson to speak to a group of black female students about science and engineering careers?
(a) Blanche Sponsler.
(b) Margery Hannah.
(c) Emily Jamison.
(d) Emma Jean Landrum.

4. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?
(a) She did laundry at Camp Pickett.
(b) She worked at the USO.
(c) She was a waitress.
(d) She was a bookkeeper for a hotel.

5. Why did Mary Jackson's calculations come up wrong when she was given an assignment by the chief of the Compressibility Division?
(a) The equation she was asked to use was incorrect.
(b) She had made a simple math error.
(c) He had given her the wrong numbers to use for the calculations.
(d) There was an error made in the research phase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the document titled "Introduction to Outer Space" that was prepared by President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on Science?

2. Who was the actress that played Lieutenant Uhura?

3. Why did test pilots trust the human computers more than the mechanical computers?

4. Who returned to work at NASA after completing her graduate work in mathematics?

5. Where did Christine Mann Darden attend college?

(see the answer key)

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