NASA Administrator Nelson described while presenting the awards, “The pioneers that we honor today, these Hidden Figures — ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on ...

Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of ... new electronic computers before his flight. How black women first started working for Nasa The women ...

On Wednesday afternoon the family of the late Katherine Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of their ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with ...

The Black NASA female mathematicians and aeronautical engineers referred to as the "Hidden Figures" were awarded the ...

"They actually laid the very foundation upon which our rockets launched and our astronauts flew and our nation soared." ...

INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) - Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped bring Apollo astronauts back to Earth, is being honored at her alma mater with a bronze statue and a ...

The four Black women, whose pioneering work put Americans on the Moon, were honored with the body's highest civilian honor ...

Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures," died on Monday aged 101, the space agency said. Johnson's calculations helped ...

A West Virginian known for her integral role in landing astronauts on the surface of the moon was awarded a posthumous ...

The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson ... The Black women hired worked in a segregated unit of female mathematicians at what is now NASA's Langley ...