Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

I’d like to get a jump on John Glenn’s trajectory.

.. And Colonel John Glenn,will be the first American to orbit the Earth.

that’s going to carry an astronaut to the stars.

Gentlemen, if we may.. much to see around here.

Pull them out of the sky if you have to, but let’s get ahead of

No lip, little miss. Your brother gets them, and so do you.

No shoe is worth your life

Hell. Least I can do is give ya an escort.

I plan on being an engineer at NASA.

February 20, 1962 Jon Glenn's Launch

The good Lord..

The Space Task Group needs a computer, ASAP.

With Orthogonalization algorithm. Yes, sir.

Dorothy Vaughan became NASA's first African-American supervisor.

We can’t fill the position outta the East Group.

and Katherine Goble

We see he is currently over Zanzibar, which is the next tracking station coming up.

Unfortunately, Liberty Bell 7 capsule..

How did you know the Redstone couldn’t support orbital flight?!

So, it means to move from an elliptical orbit.. to a parabolic orbit?

That’s right, Colonel. Katherine did manage to calculate

or out of a job entirely.

These numbers ere even confirmed by two engineers

- Dorothy! Come on or you'll miss it! - I'm coming.

in Joylette’s place,

And a crushing blow for America in the race for space.

Katherine’s the gal for that.

- fixing my three babies some plates. - May I help?

Imagine ya’ll are running late to work.

We’re on double time this mornin’, girls.

Things are workin’ just fine as is.

I think what he meant to say is that speculation, at least

I do my work, you attend these briefings. I have to start all over.

It's so nervous.

Ruth. What’s the status on my Computer?

Son, I pay taxes.

The Soviet news agency has announced that Russian cosmonaut,

He’s crossing the communication black-out zone.

See? Just hit the tap like this.

Well, the official word is: no.

New assignment.

I’m looking for Katherine Goble?!

To the bathroom, sir.

- The initials... - There. IBM.

May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard Launch

Present company included.

- Sounds about right. - That’s all you’re gonna say?

Just teach me how!

One thing to do!

I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.

Do you have any idea what you’re asking?

Do you know any idea how exacting these calculations have to be?

We must have done it.

student at West Virginia University Graduate School.

The country has waited for several months, Through many failed unmanned rocket tests

Please don't tell me I miss someone's birthday!

Gagarin completed one full orbit around the planet in 108 minutes.

Then, when you asked for the assignment. So just calculate with what you have.

What are you here for?

I was fixing to call the National Guard.

I think that's a pretty reason we're giving. We're putting a human..

You’ve done some research.

For answers to questions we don’t even know to ask.

The IBM 7090 Data Processing System,

Space is a business!

- All right. Do you say, how it gonna be? - Give me more 5 minutes' sir.

What’s the point?

And handsome must be a requirement too.

No crime being Negro either.

After years of waiting, and NASA delays,

By: Paul Stafford

What grade is Katherine in?

We’re going to need a lot of manpower to program that beast.

Dorothy, get out from under the car! I’m getting rid of that freaking possum from behind the wheel!

Right here, Gentlemen!

I said you can throw it away!

Twenty seconds to SECO.

- I’m not gonna be able to.. - Work on what you can read.

I said, whose work is that?!

You can’t “apply” for freedom. Freedom is never granted to the oppressed.

Ladies! we’ve been reassigned.

- This is beautiful than you were back then. - You think so?

Planck–Einstein...

Also Navy pilots.

All under 5’11”, 180 lbs.

I’m not accepting reassignment.

The rest is classified. You don’t have clearance.

That's very good news, Al.

- Goodnight, Katherine! - Bye, Kath!