Josephine Jue


Josephine Jue 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. Jue is a founding member of the Chinese Baptist church of Houston, Texas.

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.

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 in 1975. She is best known for development, implementation and maintenance of the HAL/S system during the Space Shuttle program.