ASAS Quiz Bowl - Mathematicians

Who was the first black woman to travel into space as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992?

Who was honored with a Google doodle and said this quote:

Dorothy Johnson Vaughn was considered to be a human computer.

Whose calculations were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights?

Which computer scientist helped co-invent the first IBM personal computer that was released in 1981?

Who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the age of 97?

Who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, and is most known for creating one of the United States' first almanacs?

Who has been the Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in NYC since 1996?

At what age did Neil Tyson begin lecturing on the subject of Astrophysics?

How many of the 9 Patents in existence for the firs IBM PC does scientist Dr. Mark Dean own?

Which of these astronauts died in the 1986 Challenger tragedy?