,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february 
#bg1 #bjbj,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself1   
,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,warner1 and ,mr4   
,kaine7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,honoring the  
life and achievements of ,katherine     
,coleman ,goble ,johnson4  ,whereas     
,katherine ,coleman ,goble ,johnson1 an 
,african-,american physicist and        
mathematician1 was born on ,august #bf1 
#aiah1 in ,white ,sulphur ,springs1     
,west ,virginia2 ,whereas1 in #aicg1    
,katherine ,johnson graduated from ,west
 ,virginia ,state ,college1 doing so    
with highest honors at age #ah2 ,whereas
 ,katherine ,johnson and #b other       
students were the first ,african        
,americans to be admitted to graduate   
school at ,west ,virginia ,university2  
,whereas1 in #aiec1 ,katherine ,johnson 
began her career in aeronautics as a    
computer in the segregated ,west ,area  

,computing unit at the ,langley         
,memorial ,aeronautical ,laboratory of  
the ,national ,advisory ,committee for  
,aeronautics 7,,naca72 ,whereas1 as a   
member of the ,flight ,research         
,division at ,,naca1 ,katherine ,johnson
 analyzed data from flight tests2       
,whereas1 after ,,naca was incorporated 
into the ,national ,aeronautics and     
,space ,administration 7,,nasa71        
,katherine ,johnson-- 7#a7 calculated   
the trajectory for the ,freedom #g      
mission crewed by ,alan ,shepard in     
#aifa1 which was the first human        
spaceflight by an individual from the   
,united ,states2  7#b7 co-authored a    
report that provided the equations for  
describing orbital spaceflight with a   
specified landing point1 which made her 
the first woman to be recognized as an  
author of a report from the ,flight     
,research ,division2  7#c7 was asked to 
verify the calculations of the          
electronic computers at ,,nasa that were
 used to calculate the orbit for the    

,friendship #g mission crewed by ,john  
,glenn2 and  7#d7 provided calculations 
for ,,nasa throughout her career1       
including for the ,apollo missions2     
,whereas ,katherine ,johnson broke the  
barriers of race and gender by          
completing groundbreaking work at       
,,nasa2 ,whereas1 in #aihf1 ,katherine  
,johnson retired from ,,nasa2 ,whereas1 
in #bjae1 ,katherine ,johnson received  
the ,presidential ,medal of ,freedom    
from ,president ,barack ,obama at age   
#ig2 ,whereas1 in #bjag1 ,,nasa         
dedicated a building in honor of        
,katherine ,johnson at ,langley         
,research ,center in ,hampton1          
,virginia2 ,whereas ,,nasa dedicated the
 ,katherine ,johnson ,independent       
,verification and ,validation ,facility 
in ,fairmont1 ,west ,virginia1 after a  
bipartisan bill authored by ,senator    
,shelley ,moore ,capito and ,senator    
,joe ,manchin to redesignate the        
facility was signed into law in #bjah2  
and ,whereas1 on ,february #bd1 #bjbj1  

,katherine ,johnson passed away at #aja 
years of age3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 honors the life
 of ,katherine ,coleman ,goble ,johnson 
and her achievements as a pioneer1      
physicist1 mathematician1 and cultural  
icon2  7#b7 extends its heartfelt       
sympathy to the family of ,katherine    
,coleman ,goble ,johnson2  7#c7 honors  
and1 on behalf of the ,united ,states1  
expresses deep appreciation for the     
outstanding and important service of    
,katherine ,coleman ,goble ,johnson to  
the ,united ,states2 and  7#d7          
respectfully requests that the          
,secretary of the ,senate communicate   
this resolution to the ,house of        
,representatives and transmit an        
enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
family of ,katherine ,coleman ,goble    
,johnson4