Documentary about an AfricanAmerican girl who grows up to help NASA put astronauts ... of the main characters in the movie Hidden Figures Includes interview with Johnson ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic ... In fact, it was Mary Jackson, a NASA engineer also featured in the movie who did so. Johnson instead used the ...

There was even a movie made about me! This animated film tells the story of Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who joined NASA's space program in the 1950s and played a crucial role in calculating ...

Washington, Katherine Johnson, a woman mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and inspiration for the acclaimed movie "Hidden Figures", passed away on Monday. She was 101.

Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101. Nasa announced her death on Twitter, saying it was celebrating her life and honouring "her legacy of ...