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Christine Darden

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African-American mathematician, aerospace engineer

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1942 · age 84
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Christine Darden is an American aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to research supersonic flight and sonic booms.

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2019Congressional Gold Medal
2015NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award
1987Candace Award

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Christine Darden is an American aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to research supersonic flight and sonic booms. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service.

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United States
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Born 1942 · age 84
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