Josephine Jue

NASA picture of Josephine Jue

Josephine Jue (born 1946) is a Chinese-American computer programmer and mathematician who is best known for being the first Asian-American woman working in NASA, where she worked for 37 years.[1] Jue is a founding member of the Chinese Baptist church of Houston, Texas.[2]

Early life

Jue was born in Vance, Mississippi, into a Mississippi Delta Chinese family. She received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Houston.[3]

Work for NASA

Jue joined NASA in 1963, being one of eight women at the time, and the sole Asian-American woman. She worked for NASA for 34 years, where she held four different positions. She worked as a compiler for the Space Shuttle program and also worked for Apollo 11. She also was the chief of NASA's Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL) in 1975. She is best known for development, implementation and maintenance of the HAL/S system during the Space Shuttle program.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mississippi moonshot: Josephine Jue, Mississippi native, NASA mathematician, first Asian-American woman at NASA - Magnolia State Live". Magnolia State Live. July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
    - "Exhibit Marks Mississippi Chinese Work in Space Program". U.S. News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Guide to the Josephine Jue Chinese-American photographs collection, 1946-1986 MS 724". legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Mikkelson, Mary Domb. "MINORITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE" (PDF). U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019. B.S.; mathematics University-of Houston
  4. ^ "Re-Entry…Mississippi: Delta Chinese to Reflect on Apollo 11 and STEM July 7–8". Delta State University. June 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
    - Jung, Jaewon (July 16, 2019). "Chinese Americans heralded for helping Apollo 11 land on the moon". AsAm News. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
    - Ryer, Michael J. (September 1978). "Programming in HAL/S" (PDF). NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019. It is impossible to give proper credit to all the people at NASA, IBM, and Intermetrics who have contributed to this book Special recognition must go to Josephine Jue, John Schwartz, and A1 MandeUn for their detailed review of several drafts of the manuscript, to Gary Singer for performing the final editing and page layout, and to Valene Censabella who typed all of the manuscripts and got the majority of the exercises through the HAL/S-360 compiler.