HAMPTON, Virginia -- Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures ...

Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson, who was the inspiration for film Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101. She was part of the team who helped launch the first American orbit around the Earth, ...

West Virginia native Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101. Johnson became a household name ...

A “Hidden Figures” mathematician who helped America win the space race was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum on Saturday. Katherine Moore ...

Many Americans first became aware of Katherine Johnson when Taraji P. Henson portrayed her in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures.” Johnson passed away on Feb. 24, 2020, at the age of 101.

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Katherine Johnson, a pioneering Hampton Roads and American icon featured in the movie “Hidden Figures,” has died at age 101, NASA announced Monday. “NASA is deeply saddened by ...

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Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering ...