Across
- 2. The series of satellites launched by the Soviet Union were called_________.
- 3. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics became ___ in 1958.
- 5. Mary Jackson graduated from the historically black university _______ Institute in Virginia.
- 7. The all-African American team of female mathematicians at NACA's Langley Research Center were known as the ______ Area Computing Unit.
- 10. The NASA ______ Research Center is located in Hampton, Virginia.
- 11. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced Nichelle Nichols not to quit the show _____ _____ .
- 12. The first African-American woman to supervise a group of staff at Langley Research Center was __________ ________.
Down
- 1. The female mathematicians who performed mathematical equations for NACA were known as _______ _______.
- 4. The author of Hidden Figures is Margot Lee _______.
- 6. The name of the first manned spaceflight to land on the moon was _____ 11.
- 8. The competition between nations regarding space exploration was known as the ____ ____.
- 9. The _______ Airmen were a group of black military pilots who fought during World War II.
