Pioneering mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations made Apollo 11's historic 1969 mission to the moon possible, died last week. We'll look back at her life and contributions. Christine ...

Considering the crucial role Katherine Johnson played in helping humankind reach space, it’s only fitting that a space craft would finally be named after her. Northrop Grumman has announced that it ...

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020), a NASA mathematician, was born in White Sulphur Springs. The local segregated schools offered schooling only to eighth grade for ...

Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101. As a historian of mathematics, I have studied women ...

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 ...

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 ...

Columns share an author's personal perspective and are often based on facts in the newspaper's reporting. After 101 years, Katherine Johnson left this earth with a contribution that far exceeds her ...

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University is again laying down a wreath in honor of former alum and NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson. August 26th marks Katherine Johnson’s birthday and was later ...

They asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. Wielding little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds, Johnson — who died at 101 on Monday at a ...

Katherine Johnson is a “hidden figure” no more. The late mathematician’s role in helping America send astronauts to space is a story the whole world knows. And though she is no longer with us, her ...

Northrop Grumman’s space station supply ship — named the S.S. Katherine Johnson in honor of the late mathematician whose work inspired the film “Hidden Figures” — was launched into orbit on Saturday.