I want this human computer to check the output of the ... square foot building at the Langley Research Center the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility. She’ll be celebrating ...

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her ...

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

Without Katherine Johnson, it’s fair to say the astronaut John Glenn wouldn’t have been the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Which is why Johnson, dubbed the ‘human computer ...

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

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony Wednesday in Washington. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

Washington, Katherine Johnson, a woman mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and inspiration for the acclaimed movie "Hidden Figures", passed away on Monday. She was 101.

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Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of ... for women and people of colour in the universal human quest to explore space," he said in a statement.

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer ...

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