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 took the stage with the stars of "Hidden Figures." — -- Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA research mathematicians portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures," ...

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 ...