NASA might be best known for sending astronauts to the moon and launching rockets, but it has and continues to study Earth without leaving the atmosphere.
Northrop Grumman is naming their next spacecraft headed to the International Space Station in honor of NASA mathematician and American hero Katherine Johnson. Johnson, a Black woman, is most famous ...
Katherine Johnson, a former NASA mathematician whose story inspired the movie “Hidden Figures,” has died, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said Monday. She was 101. Johnson was born in White Sulphur ...
Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician, played a vital role in America's space race. Her accurate calculations were essential for the safety of astronauts like John Glenn. Johnson's work on ...