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Feb 24, 2020 · Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and an unsung hero of the space agency's early days, died Monday. She calculated the flight path for America's first...
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She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress. In 2021, she was inducted posthumously into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Feb 24, 2020 · Remembering Katherine Johnson, NASA's 'Hidden Figures' hero, for her love of numbers. The pioneering mathematician helped send the first U.S. astronauts to space—including on the Apollo...
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Oct 10, 2016 · One of NASA's human 'computers,' Katherine Johnson performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Her story is depicted in the 2016 movie 'Hidden...
Feb 24, 2020 · Katherine Johnson, one of the history-making, barrier-breaking NASA mathematicians depicted in "Hidden Figures," died Monday, the administrator of NASA said. She was 101.
Feb 24, 2020 · She was portrayed in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. The film tells the story of African-American women whose maths skills helped put US astronaut John Glenn into orbit around the...
Katherine Johnson: Hidden Figures Nasa mathematician dies at 101. Ms Johnson, who helped launch the first American into orbit, was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures.
