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Barbara Crawford Johnson

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Name
  
Barbara Johnson


Education
  
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Barbara Crawford Johnson is an American aeronautical engineer.

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Education

In 1946, Barbara Crawford Johnson became the first woman to earn a Bachelor's degree in general engineering from the University of Illinois.

Projects

  • The recovery of hypersonic gliders
  • Lunar reentry vehicle research
  • Orbital rendezvous
  • The Navaho missile
  • The Hound Dog air-to-ground missile
  • The Apollo Lunar Landing Program
  • Lunar Landing
  • Skylab
  • Apollo-Soyuz
  • Space Shuttle (responsible for Shuttle system and Orbiter Project mission related analysis).

    • Awards

  • 1975: The Distinguished Alumni Merit Award, University of Illinois College of Engineering
  • 1976: Dirk Brouwer Award, Americal Astronautical Society

    • References

    Barbara Crawford Johnson Wikipedia
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