Johnson, who calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission in 1961, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for her efforts as a part of the group of African American ...

lewisburg, w.va. — The Greenbrier Historical Society (GHS) continues its commitment to honoring the legacy of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering African American mathematician whose contributions ...

NASA on Friday officially renamed a facility in West Virginia after Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician and centenarian whose barrier-breaking career was depicted in the film ...

Katherine Johnson, mid-1960s. (Photo courtesy of NASA) Katherine Johnson stands out among the many notable individuals who have contributed to the space program's storied past. A Black American ...

Hidden Figures celebrates the critical contributions of NASA’s unsung African American heroines of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, including Mary W. Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan.

The Hollywood movie Hidden Figures made a star of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA mathematician whose talents played a key part in putting the first US astronaut into orbit. Her own memoir ...

A Virginia middle school that was once named after a Confederate soldier has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.

Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson of "Hidden Figures" fame was always at the front of the class.