ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — She died today, Feb. 24, at 101-years-old. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said he is “deeply saddened to hear of her passing.” “Katherine Johnson helped realize one of humankind’s ...

Katherine G. Johnson died peacefully in her sleep, on Monday, February 24, 2020, at the Hidenwood Retirement Community, Newport News, VA. She was 101 years old. She was born August 26, 1918, in White ...

NASA has named its new $23 million research data center after Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA engineer whose life and achievements were profiled in the book and movie “Hidden Figures”. Johnson ...

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 ...

West Virginia University Libraries and the West Virginia and Regional History Center will celebrate the life and legacy of NASA mathematician and space pioneer Katherine Johnson in the Downtown ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for ...

NASA Langley has named a building in honor of Katherine Johnson, one of the inspirations behind the novel and film "Hidden Figures." NASA Langley has named a building in honor of Katherine Johnson, ...

NASA has named a new research facility after pioneer Katherine Johnson, the trailblazing 99-year-old human computer whose incredible work as a NASA mathematician inspired the book and movie, "Hidden ...