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Katherine Johnson: The Math Genius Who Helped Land Astronauts on the Moon
Katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician whose calculations helped NASA send astronauts to the Moon. Despite facing ...
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Katherine Johnson: Computer To The Stars
NASA named a new 40,000 square foot building at the Langley Research Center the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility. She’ll be celebrating her 100th birthday on August 26 ...
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Katherine Johnson: the woman, the mother, the icon
LEWISBURG, WV (WVNS) – Katherine Johnson was born on August 26th, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Back at that time, Greenbrier County did not offer public schooling for African ...
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Katherine Johnson Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
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 ...