The Women of Apollo

The Women of Apollo is a book written by Robyn C. Friend, illustrated by David Katz, about 4 women who participated in the United States space program during the Apollo Program.

The Women of the Apollo
AuthorRobyn C. Friend
IllustratorDavid Katz
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreIllustrated children's book
Published2006 (Cascade Pass)
Pages65
ISBN9781880599808

Participants

Female members of the Apollo Space Program included Bobbie Johnson, Judith Love Cohen, Ann Dickson,[1][2] and Ann Maybury.[3][4] Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969.[3]

Judith Love Cohen

Judy worked as an electrical engineer on the abort guidance system of the Apollo Program. The abort guidance system was used during the Apollo 13 mission to safely return the astronauts to the Earth after an explosion disabled many of the spacecraft's capabilities, including the regular guidance system.

Ann Dickson

Ann Dickson aspired to be an astronaut, but she never acquired the 600 hours of flying time necessary to qualify.[5]

Margaret Heafield Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936)[1] is a computer scientist, systems engineer and business owner. She was Director of the Software Engineering Division[2] of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for Apollo.[3] In 1986, she became the founder and CEO of Hamilton Technologies, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was developed around the Universal Systems Language based on her paradigm of Development Before the Fact (DBTF) for systems and software design.[4]

Hamilton published over 130 papers, proceedings and reports about the 60 projects and six major programs in which she was involved.

Eventually, she became director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. This division was responsible for developing the computer and software used on the Apollo 11 mission, under contract to NASA.[6][7]

References
  1. Staff. "Ann Dickson | Introductions Necessary". Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  2. Lakdawalla, Emily (November 13, 2013). "Reviews of space-themed books for children". The Planetary Society. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  3. "Meet The Women Who Put Men On The Moon". Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. Chastang, Carol (August 4, 1994). "Space-Age Role Model for Girls : Careers: Judith Cohen, who worked on the Apollo 12 lunar mission, hopes her books inspire female students to pursue challenging fields". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  5. "Women of the Apollo Program". Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  6. McMillan, Robert. "Her Code Got Humans on the Moon—And Invented Software Itself". Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  7. Software, Karen Tegan Padir, Progress. "Software — and a Woman — at the Heart of Lunar Triumph". Retrieved September 21, 2016.
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