Katherine Johnson, now a retired NASA research mathematician, was no stranger to geometry. She was the one who would calculate the trajectory of Alan Shepard's 1961 trip into space. This was America's ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 26, 1918, legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was born in West Virginia. Johnson’s brilliance was clear from a young age. She was already attending high ...

NASA has named a new research facility after pioneer Katherine Johnson, the trailblazing 99-year-old human computer whose incredible work as a NASA mathematician inspired the book and movie, "Hidden ...

HAMPTON, Virginia -- Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures ...

(Gray News) - House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA that contributed to the space race. Among them were three ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for ...