The mathematician blazed past racial and gender barriers to make space flight possible.

Bernie Sanders wins big in Nevada caucuses; Mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101.

Johnson was famously depicted by actress Taraji P. Henson in the 2016 Oscar-nominated movie "Hidden Figures."

A reminder that space was never safe from America's worst impulses—and that NASA was not excluded from the nation's evolution.

Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician and trailblazer for racial justice who is one of the space agency's most inspirational leaders, has died. She was 101.

Here are five facts about the extraordinary NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who died at the age of 101, whose trailblazing accomplishments were depicted in 'Hidden Figures.'

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who defied prejudice in the ’50s and ’60s to help NASA send the first men to the moon, has died at the age of 101. Only recently famous after the film “Hidden Figures” was made about her and her colleagues, she maintained un…

Pioneering NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, whose story was told in Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101.

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.

Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA mathematician who was portrayed by Taraji P Henson in the Oscar-nominated 2016 film Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101.

Ms Johnson, who helped launch the first American into orbit, was featured in the film Hidden Figures.

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures, died.

"Anything that could be counted, I did."

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about...

She was one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

She was one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

She was one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

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Todays history lesson was an eye-opener for all. We learnt about women in history who had a significant impact on technology and communication, especially computers. We created a fact file on Ada Lovelace, Hedy Lamarr and Katherine Johnson #pdahistory https://t.co/A10rfTcH0o

RT @HiddenFigures: Katherine Johnson (played by Taraji P. Henson) was awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 2015. #BlackHistoryMonth…

RT @raibooker03: @michelle_byoung Katherine Johnson. https://t.co/jwXguRipAT

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RT @PaulBrandITV: UPDATE: Privileges Committee say they will take this new evidence into account when they decide whether or not Boris John…

RT @PaulBrandITV: The @LibDems say Johnson should consider resigning as an MP. “Sunak must make sure that not a single penny more of taxp…

RT @PaulBrandITV: This all came about because Johnson’s legal advice for Covid inquiry is being paid for by the taxpayer. Which means the c…

RT @PippaCrerar: Johnson's team called the police referral a “clearly politically motivated attempt to manufacture something out of nothing…

RT @PippaCrerar: Privileges committee, investigating whether Johnson lied to Parliament over Partygate, was close to sending him final repo…

RT @PippaCrerar: The revelations that Boris Johnson has been referred to police over alleged lockdown parties at Chequers only came to ligh…

I don’t have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I’m as good as anybody, but no better.” - Katherine Johnson

RT @antiracistsouth: ATL’s political elites would ONLY have us remember NASA’s Katherine Johnson (“Hidden Figures” was filmed in Atlanta).…

RT @Rainmaker1973: This cartoon by Steve Breen for the San Diego Union Tribune is possibly one of the most beautiful tributes dedicated to…

RT @antiracistsouth: ATL’s political elites would ONLY have us remember NASA’s Katherine Johnson (“Hidden Figures” was filmed in Atlanta).…

RT @HRHPWales: The Princess of Wales spent time with students from St Katherine's School in Bristol who are taking part in the On Track To…

RT @VaticanObserv: Katherine Johnson discusses her family, her Christian faith, and her work at NASA. https://t.co/5XXQIIoSjN

RT @DITSNBiafraRGIE: I told you that Computer Programmers can do anything. Katherine Johnson was the African-American woman who worked for…

RT @DITSNBiafraRGIE: I told you that Computer Programmers can do anything. Katherine Johnson was the African-American woman who worked for…

Katherine Johnson discusses her family, her Christian faith, and her work at NASA. https://t.co/5XXQIIoSjN

Someone never watched the movies about Harriet Tubman, Katherine Johnson, or Grave Hopper, let alone Mother Theresa...ignorance is hard to fight https://t.co/nuLqeWhjUh

RT @DITSNBiafraRGIE: I told you that Computer Programmers can do anything. Katherine Johnson was the African-American woman who worked for…

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RT @HRHPWales: The Princess of Wales spent time with students from St Katherine's School in Bristol who are taking part in the On Track To…