Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at ... the space race New female space record for Nasa astronaut Ms Johnson had previously calculated the trajectory ...

Without Katherine Johnson, it’s fair to say the astronaut John Glenn wouldn’t have been the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Which is why Johnson, dubbed the ‘human computer ...

The European Space Agency said Katherine had been selected to complete their program, representing Australia. It was the first time an Australian would be trained as an astronaut under their own flag.

Oh, it’s my job to know! My name is Katherine Johnson. I am a mathematician for NASA’s space program. And the astronaut who’s risking his life up there - he asked for me personally to check ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic ... But the computer was prone to hiccups and blackouts, and so the astronauts were wary of it. It’s not known exactly ...

Katherine Moore accepted the honor for her mother, Katherine Johnson, whose calculations ... Air & Space Hall of Fame has honored pilots, astronauts, inventors, and others in the aviation industry ...

Astronaut Charlie Duke likened the feeling ... calculations was critical to the success of the space programme. Katherine Johnson, pictured here in 1962, spent 33 years working for Nasa When ...

Katherine Johnson is recognised as a key figure in ... Shepard Jr, the first U.S. astronaut, into space and Earth’s orbit in 1961, as well as sending the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the moon.