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 ...
BEFORE NASA installed a room full of boxy IBM 7090s at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1960, the space computers used at Langley research centre “wore a skirt”, recalls Katherine Johnson. A maths ...
Most people know NASA’s inspirational stories. The first man on the moon, the space race and every other out-of-this-world accomplishment. However, what many do not realize is that some of the ...
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A group of Black women, crucial to NASA’s achievements during the space race and famously known as the “Hidden Figures,” were honored with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill. These ...