Smithsonian Magazine

New Partnership Illuminates Hidden Record of NASA’s Human Computers

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which ...
WBAL

The black women who were once called ‘human computers’ at NASA now have a building named after them

For decades, the contributions of the black female mathematicians who helped get NASA astronauts into space stayed essentially hidden. Not anymore. Now, you’ll be reminded of what the women did even ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

NASA facility named after ‘Hidden Figures’ heroine, human computer Katherine Johnson

NASA has named a new research facility after pioneer Katherine Johnson, the trailblazing 99-year-old human computer whose incredible work as a NASA mathematician inspired the book and movie, "Hidden ...