87, passed away March 6, 2019. She was predeceased by her husband, George Johnson Sr.; sons, George Jr., Kevin and Harvey Johnson; grandson, Breon Saunders. Survived ...

Katherine Johnson's pioneering contributions to the Space Race were highlighted in the film Hidden Figures, where she was played by Taraji P. Henson Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the ...

Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is seen after President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 24, 2015, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic computer’s trajectory calculations. While that’s the dramatic version of events given in the recent movie, Hidden ...