Download Katherine Johnson Nasa Mathematician Background. Johnson was among a group of black women mathematicians who helped power nasa's space travel in the early 1960s when the agency was still segregated. As a black woman working for nasa in the 1950s and '60s, johnson.

Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died
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Her work was proven when the mercury capsule landed right where it was supposed to, after glenn portrait of american mathematician katherine johnson (right) and various unidentified colleagues as they pose at nasa (national aeronautics. Katherine johnson, a nasa mathematician and trailblazer for racial justice who is one of the space agency's most inspirational leaders, has died. Nasa was that we won the space race, and katherine johnson played a very significant role in that.

Nasa announced her death on twitter, saying it was celebrating her life and honouring her legacy of excellence that broke down racial and social barriers.

Johnson, whose calculations played a key role in the we're saddened by the passing of celebrated #hiddenfigures mathematician katherine johnson. Nasa administrator jim bridenstine said in a statement that johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of. Johnson became a household name thanks to the celebrated book hidden figures: