In the first installment of her column "Hidden Gems from a Black Girl Engineering Major," Cayla Withers writes about the ...

In 1962, John Glenn sat in his capsule waiting for his rocket engines to light-up and lift him to space. But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic computer’s ...

My name is Katherine Johnson. I am a mathematician for NASA ... How heavy will the rocket be? How fast will it be moving? What angle does it need to travel at? All these things need to be ...

Three of the women — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson ... women for laying "the very foundation upon which ...

The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan ... laid the very foundation ...