Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

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

Do you have any idea what you’re asking?

or out of a job entirely.

Also Navy pilots.

What grade is Katherine in?

You’ve done some research.

Ruth. What’s the status on my Computer?

and Katherine Goble

Ladies! we’ve been reassigned.

One thing to do!

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

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

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

See? Just hit the tap like this.

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

What are you here for?

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

And handsome must be a requirement too.

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

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

I said, whose work is that?!

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

To the bathroom, sir.

The IBM 7090 Data Processing System,

Right here, Gentlemen!

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

The Space Task Group needs a computer, ASAP.

That's very good news, Al.

The Soviet news agency has announced that Russian cosmonaut,

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

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

New assignment.

By: Paul Stafford

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

Well, the official word is: no.

I said you can throw it away!

I plan on being an engineer at NASA.

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

The good Lord..

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

I was fixing to call the National Guard.

May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard Launch

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

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

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

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

Planck–Einstein...

Unfortunately, Liberty Bell 7 capsule..

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

- Goodnight, Katherine! - Bye, Kath!

He’s crossing the communication black-out zone.

February 20, 1962 Jon Glenn's Launch

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

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

All under 5’11”, 180 lbs.

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

Imagine ya’ll are running late to work.

I’m not accepting reassignment.

- The initials... - There. IBM.

Things are workin’ just fine as is.

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

No crime being Negro either.

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

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

Son, I pay taxes.

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

With Orthogonalization algorithm. Yes, sir.

We must have done it.

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

No shoe is worth your life

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

student at West Virginia University Graduate School.

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

Present company included.

I’m looking for Katherine Goble?!

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

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

These numbers ere even confirmed by two engineers

Katherine’s the gal for that.

in Joylette’s place,

Just teach me how!

Twenty seconds to SECO.

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

After years of waiting, and NASA delays,

What’s the point?

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

It's so nervous.

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

Space is a business!