264K views · 9.2K reactions | Today, our Langley Research Center cut the ribbon and opened the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility, named in honor of the legendary mathematician. Watch: https://youtu.be/smTcsodvEqM | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

3.7K views · 145 reactions | Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101. Katherine Johnson was part of a group of African-American women who worked on critical mathematical calculations in the early days of human spaceflight, as chronicled in the best-selling book and hit movie "Hidden Figures". | Uhem Mesut | Facebook