Reaching For The Moon by Katherine Johnson (Hardcover)

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“Reaching for the Moon” is a children’s book written by Katherine Johnson, one of the pioneering African American women mathematicians who worked for NASA during the Space Race era. The book likely tells the story of her journey from childhood to becoming a renowned mathematician and her contributions to NASA’s space missions, particularly her work on calculations for John Glenn’s historic orbit around the Earth in 1962. Johnson’s story serves as an inspiration, especially for young readers, showing that with determination and hard work, one can reach for the stars, quite literally in her case, and achieve their dreams despite facing adversity and discrimination.