NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which ...

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 ...

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, perhaps the most famous of these women, was a brilliant mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of NASA’s early missions, including John Glenn’s ...

You see that light, moving across the sky? It doesn’t look like much now, does it? But actually, up there, that’s a spacecraft. And the man inside it – well, he’s a gentleman I work with.

NASA Administrator Bill ... star system Award recipients include Katherine Johnson in recognition of her service to the ...

The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan ... also given to all the ...

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years ...