Tag: Katherine Johnson

  • ‘Hidden’ no more: Katherine Johnson, a black NASA pioneer, finds acclaim at 98 The Washington Post 2017-01-27 Victoria St. Martin Fame has finally found Katherine Johnson — and it only took a half-century, six manned moon landings, a best-selling book and an Oscar-nominated movie. For more than 30 years, Johnson worked as a NASA mathematician…

  • A Black Female Astrophysicist Explains Why Hidden Figures Isn’t Just About History Gizmodo 2017-01-17 Rae Paoletta Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures. Image: 20th Century Fox/YouTube First, it beat Star Wars: Rogue One. Now, for the second weekend since its wide-release debut, Hidden Figures—the true story of three black female mathematicians at NASA—is number…

  • 98-Year-Old NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson: ‘If You Like What You’re Doing, You Will Do Well’ People 2016-11-04 Caitlin Keating Katherine Johnson thinks all of her accomplishments over the 98 years she’s been alive are “ordinary.” But to the rest of the world, they’re anything but. Johnson, a physicist, space scientist and mathematician graduated from high school…

  • Katherine Johnson, Va. woman at center of ‘Hidden Figures,’ calls calculation ‘piece of cake’ CBS 6, WTVR-TV Richmond Virginia 2017-01-13 HAMPTON, Va. — It is the untold story that has been hidden in Hampton for decades. The box office hit “Hidden Figures” highlights the black female mathematicians at NASA who’s brain power helped launch the first…

  • The unbelievable life of the forgotten genius who turned Americans’ space dreams into reality Business Insider 2016-08-22 Meghan Bartels There’s no protocol for women attending,” says a white man in a suit holding a sheaf of papers. “There’s no protocol for a man circling the Earth either, sir,” Taraji P. Henson retorts in my favorite…

  • Who Is Katherine Johnson? National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2016-12-30 Heather S. Deiss NASA Educational Technology Services Denise Miller NASA Educational Technology Services Katherine Johnson Credits: Katherine Johnson This article is part of the NASA Knows! (Grades 5-8) series. Katherine Johnson is an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA from 1953 until 1986. She was a human computer.…

  • On Being a Black Female Math Whiz During the Space Race The New York Times 2016-09-05 Cara Buckley, Culture Reporter Katherine Johnson, left, and Christine Darden, two of the former NASA mathematicians in the book “Hidden Figures.” Credit:  Chet Strange for The New York Times HAMPTON, Va. — Growing up here in the 1970s, in…

  • Katherine Johnson, the NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil Vanity Fair September 2016 Charles Bolden, Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration Katherine Johnson, photographed at Fort Monroe, in Hampton, Virginia. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz NASA chief Charles Bolden recalls the historic trajectory of the “human computer” who played a…

  • Taraji P. Henson Is a Math Genius in ‘Hidden Figures’ First Trailer Variety 2016-08-15 Dave McNary, Film Reporter Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae break the glass ceiling — among other barriers — in the first trailer for the NASA drama “Hidden Figures,” which debuted Sunday night during the Rio Olympics. The teaser…

  • NASA Facility Dedicated to Mathematician Katherine Johnson Space.com 2016-05-05 Sarah Lewin, Staff Writer Katherine Johnson, pictured here at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she worked as a “computer” and mathematician from 1953 to 1986. Langley dedicated a computing facility to Johnson in a ceremony today (May 5). Credit: NASA NASA honored 97-year-old mathematician Katherine Johnson…