Nova's Lab! Meeting Katherine Johnson

August 20, 2019 NaN
Nova's Lab! Meeting Katherine Johnson
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Nova's Lab! Meeting Katherine Johnson

Aug 20 2019 | NaN

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Show Notes

The follow up to our last Nova's Lab episode, this time Nova meets the real life NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson! In this episode, Katherine Johnson teaches Nova about orbital mechanics and how she helped land astronauts on the moon.

Written and produced by Tessa Flannery
Starring: Tessa Flannery & Lanee' Sanders

To do the experiment at home: https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/centripetal-force-string-planets-orbit/
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