This week, the world mourns Katherine Johnson, a pioneering mathematician and scientist who became famous for performing the calculations that enabled the first American, John Glenn, to orbit the ...

Katherine Johnson’s legacy still lives on. The late mathematician, who died in February 2020 at age 101, is well-known for solving some of the most complex mathematical equations while working ...

HOUSTON — Katherine Johnson passed away Monday morning at 101 years old, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced "She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten ...

In 1939, the newly married Johnson—then known as Katherine Goble—enrolled as a graduate student at West Virginia University ...

Katherine Johnson, the woman who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first trip to space, turns 100 today. Before the arrival of electronic data processors, aka, computers in the 1960s ...

Johnson had plans to continue her education even further. In 1939, the newly married Johnson—then known as Katherine Goble—enrolled as a graduate student at West Virginia University after ...

Katherine Johnson, whose career making vital calculations for NASA was immortalized in the 2016 book and movie "Hidden Figures," has died at 101.

Katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician whose calculations helped NASA send astronauts to the Moon. Despite facing racial and gender barriers, she excelled, proving that talent and ...

Katherine Johnson, the former NASA mathematician and central character in the 2016 blockbuster, ... Johnson became known to the world after Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, ...

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

A West Virginian known for her integral role in landing astronauts on the surface of the moon was awarded a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday. Mathematician Katherine Johnson, a White ...

Katherine Johnson, the now-retired NASA computer whose work on early human spaceflight milestones was highlighted in the blockbuster movie "Hidden Figures," will publish an autobiography for young ...