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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Katherine_JohnsonKatherine Johnson - Wikipedia

    Website. katherinejohnson.net. Creola Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1][2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor ...

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  2. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-51619848Katherine Johnson: Hidden Figures Nasa mathematician dies at 101

    Feb 24, 2020 · 24 February 2020. Reuters. Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101 ...

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  4. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleKatherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and 'Hidden Figures ...

    Feb 24, 2020 · February 24, 2020. • 5 min read. Katherine Johnson, the stereotype-shattering mathematician whose calculations helped sling NASA astronauts into space, died February 24 at age 101. “Katherine ...

  5. www.biography.com › scientists › katherine-g-johnsonKatherine Johnson - Mathematician, NASA, & Hidden Figures

    Oct 10, 2016 · It was also turned into an Oscar-nominated feature film, Hidden Figures (2016), starring actress Taraji P. Henson as Johnson. A year later, in September 2017, 99-year-old Johnson was honored by ...

  6. apnews.com › article › d98cf149180d7fa7e103101288998b06Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

    Feb 24, 2020 · By BEN FINLEY. Published 11:27 AM PDT, February 24, 2020. 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 black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101.

  7. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Johnson_KatherineKatherine Johnson (1918 - 2020) - Biography - MacTutor ...

    Katherine's father was Joshua Mckinley Coleman, born in White Sulphur Springs on 18 December 1881 to Horace Coleman and Margaret Johnson. Joshua worked at various jobs, farming, odd jobs and as a janitor. He married Joylette Roberta Lowe on 29 September 1909 in Danville, Virginia. Joylette, the daughter of Lee Lowe and Roberta Johnson, was born ...

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  9. www.nasa.gov › learning-resources › katherineKatherine Johnson: A Lifetime of STEM - NASA

    Feb 24, 2020 · Johnson so excelled that she began her studies in the second grade, then moved into advanced classes. By age 10, Johnson was in high school. In NASA’s early years, gifted mathematicians analyzed and verified complex aerospace data. Today, one of the most recognized of these ‘human computers’ is Katherine Johnson.

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