Without Katherine Johnson, it’s fair to say the astronaut ... long overdue portrayal of the historic events in which Johnson and other African-American women in the US space programme double ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the ... During her long life, she was a wife, a mother, an African-American, a teacher, and a human computer, a term rarely used these ...

Katherine Johnson was born on August 26th, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Back at that time, Greenbrier ...

Katherine Johnson's pioneering contributions to the ... where she was the first African-American woman to desegregate the graduate school. Johnson, née Coleman, worked for years as a teacher ...

Retired mathematician Katherine Johnson ... was hailed as “a true NASA and American hero” by Taraji P. Henson, the woman who plays her onscreen. Johnson, 98, appeared onstage alongside ...

He is the first American ever to orbit around the Earth ... Oh, it’s my job to know! My name is Katherine Johnson. I am a mathematician for NASA’s space program. And the astronaut who ...

Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is seen after ... after they opened hiring to African-Americans and women. Johnson exhibited exceptional technical leadership and is known especially for ...