Katherine Johnson is known for being a human computer and one of the original Hidden Figures at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the precursor to NASA’s Langley Research Center. But she was so much more. As a pioneering NASA trailblazer, she laid the groundwork for humanity’s first flight to the Moon and beyond.
In honor of her birthday 102 years ago this August, Langley is marking Johnson’s incredible life and accomplishments through its NASA Space Crafts coloring and activity series.
Activities include coloring an image of Johnson to cut out and display, and coloring a chalkboard image of a launch trajectory from the Earth to the Moon. Kids can also print a word scramble page to solve Hidden Figures-related phrases, a crossword puzzle, a number search puzzle, and a hide-and-seek page featuring Dorothy Vaughan.
- To download the coloring page, click here.
- To download the word scramble page, click here.
- To download the number search, click here.
- To download the crossword puzzle, click here.
- To download the hide-and-seek activity page featuring Dorothy Vaughan, click here.
- To learn more about Johnson, click here.
- To download a bookmark and mini-biography of the Hidden Figures, click here.
- Check out previous NASA Space Crafts pages on beyond Earth missions and the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.
Eric Gillard
NASA Langley Research Center