Hidden Figures

A slide rule and drafting compass rest beside a space capsule tracing a glowing orbital arc.

K	S	G	E	O	M	E	T	R	Y	L	S
A	E	C	C	A	P	S	U	L	E	I	C
R	G	O	Y	O	T	S	F	V	H	Z	I
C	R	M	A	L	G	E	B	R	A	A	Q
N	E	P	L	E	N	G	I	N	E	E	R
M	G	U	E	E	E	R	B	S	U	K	Y
E	A	T	R	A	J	E	C	T	O	R	Y
R	T	E	O	I	J	E	R	D	V	S	G
C	I	R	R	G	A	N	Z	A	E	F	N
U	O	I	B	N	P	T	X	U	E	H	H
R	N	T	I	H	N	R	I	O	N	T	X
Y	W	O	T	M	H	Y	T	Q	T	R	A

ALGEBRA
CAPSULE
COMPUTER
ENGINEER
GEOMETRY
MERCURY
ORBIT
REENTRY
SEGREGATION
TRAJECTORY

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Before electronic computers, NASA relied on Black women mathematicians to calculate the trajectories that sent astronauts into orbit and safely through reentry. Katherine Johnson's algebra verified John Glenn's Mercury flight by hand, while colleagues broke segregation's barriers to become engineers on the same missions. This puzzle honors the arithmetic behind America's earliest spaceflights.

Hidden Figures Word Search Answer Key

Checking a finished sheet, or stuck on the last word? The Hidden Figures Word Search Answer Key marks all 10 hidden words in the grid and lists the row, column and direction each one starts from. It prints on its own sheet, so you can hand out the puzzle and keep the answers.

K	S	G	E	O	M	E	T	R	Y	L	S
A	E	C	C	A	P	S	U	L	E	I	C
R	G	O	Y	O	T	S	F	V	H	Z	I
C	R	M	A	L	G	E	B	R	A	A	Q
N	E	P	L	E	N	G	I	N	E	E	R
M	G	U	E	E	E	R	B	S	U	K	Y
E	A	T	R	A	J	E	C	T	O	R	Y
R	T	E	O	I	J	E	R	D	V	S	G
C	I	R	R	G	A	N	Z	A	E	F	N
U	O	I	B	N	P	T	X	U	E	H	H
R	N	T	I	H	N	R	I	O	N	T	X
Y	W	O	T	M	H	Y	T	Q	T	R	A

K	S	G	E	O	M	E	T	R	Y	L	S
A	E	C	C	A	P	S	U	L	E	I	C
R	G	O	Y	O	T	S	F	V	H	Z	I
C	R	M	A	L	G	E	B	R	A	A	Q
N	E	P	L	E	N	G	I	N	E	E	R
M	G	U	E	E	E	R	B	S	U	K	Y
E	A	T	R	A	J	E	C	T	O	R	Y
R	T	E	O	I	J	E	R	D	V	S	G
C	I	R	R	G	A	N	Z	A	E	F	N
U	O	I	B	N	P	T	X	U	E	H	H
R	N	T	I	H	N	R	I	O	N	T	X
Y	W	O	T	M	H	Y	T	Q	T	R	A

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Hidden Figures Word Search Answer Key

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