Katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician whose calculations helped NASA send astronauts to the Moon. Despite facing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...