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In Memoriam: Katherine Johnson, 1918-2020
Dr. Katherine Johnson, part of the human computer team at NASA and responsible for hand calculating NASA's path to space, has died at 101. She graduated from West Virginia State College with degrees in math and French and briefly worked as a teacher before working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which would later become NASA) at Langley Research Center. In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
To read about her influence at NASA and the team of black female mathematicians that helped the United States launch successfully into space, we've got Hidden Figures in three formats: book, DVD, and children's book.
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