Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician whose trailblazing contributions to the space agency during the Space Race got the silver screen treatment in the film Hidden Figures, has died, NASA announced ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia native and previously “hidden figure” in the U.S. space race whose key mathematical contributions to NASA became more publicly known later in her life with help ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020), also known as Katherine Goble, was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital ...

"Because of your hard work little girls EVERYWHERE can dream as big as the MOON," the actress, who played Katherine Johnson, said of the mathematician Taraji P. Henson is paying her respects to ...

Katherine Johnson’s legacy still lives on. The late mathematician, who died in February 2020 at age 101, is well-known for solving some of the most complex mathematical equations while working at NASA ...

Johnson played a key role in NASA’s voyages to the moon. She helped calculate the trajectory for Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission in 1961. Shepard’s spaceflight was the first for a human from the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The daughter of Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician and scientist featured in the movie "Hidden Figures", will speak in Winston-Salem on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 11:30 a.m.

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, featured in the movie "Hidden Figures," died Monday at 101. Johnson, who worked at NASA from 1953 to 1986, left her mark on the agency not only through her ...