Katherine Johnson, born in 1918, demonstrated exceptional mathematical proficiency, graduating high school at 14 and beginning college at a young age. She joined the National Advisory Committee for ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 26, 1918, legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was born in West Virginia. Johnson’s brilliance was clear from a young age. She was already attending high ...

Katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician whose calculations helped NASA send astronauts to the Moon. Despite facing racial and gender barriers, she excelled, proving that talent and ...

For most people, being chosen as one of three Black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools would be the defining chapter of a life story. For Katherine Johnson, it was just the opening ...

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and an unsung hero of the space agency's early days, died Monday. She calculated the flight path for America's first crewed ...

DAYTON, Ohio — A West Virginia State University alumna that made her mark on the space industry will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Mathematician Katherine Johnson played a vital ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the late Katherine Johnson was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Johnson, the White Sulpher Springs native and ...

Johnson helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to orbit Earth. A Virginia middle school that was once named after a Confederate soldier has been renamed in honor of African American NASA ...