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Trailblazing NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away at the age of 101. Johnson was a key member of a group of African-American women whose vital mathematical work helped lay the ...
Mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the first African American women to work as a NASA scientist who manually calculated the trajectory of spaceflights during the 1960s space race with Russia ...
The NASA mathematician who helped make the first human spaceflight possible will be honored at William & Mary’s 2018 Commencement ceremony on May 12 at 9 a.m. in Zable Stadium.
NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth, died Monday morning at the age of 101.
The plaudits for Katherine Johnson, the African American math genius whose work helped Americans to fly in space and ultimately to the moon, have been many and well deserved. Anyone who has seen ...
Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101. As a historian of mathematics, I have studied ...
Fame has finally found Katherine Johnson – and it only took 98 years, six manned moon landings, a best-selling book and an Oscar-nominated movie.
“This scholarship honors Katherine Johnson’s legacy by ensuring future generations of African American students can follow in her footsteps,” Eberly College Dean Gregory Dunaway said.
With them was a star beyond compare: Katherine Johnson, portrayed by Henson in the film about African-American women who faced institutional racial and gender barriers as they performed roles ...
Johnson was one of three African-American women at NASA who contributed to John Glenn's successful mission to space in the 1960s, which was the topic of the 2016 film, "Hidden Figures." ...
Mathematician Katherine Johnson, one of the first African American women to work as a NASA scientist who manually calculated the trajectory of spaceflights during the 1960s space race with Russia ...