Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox ; NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016) ; NASA space ...

Katherine Johnson sits at her desk with a globe, or "Celestial Training Device." Many Americans are familiar with the astronaut heroes of the 20th century space race — names like Gus Grissom and Neil ...

Ms. Jackson’s contributions received widespread attention after the release of the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” which chronicled black women’s work during the space race. By Allyson Waller That “giant ...

Katherine Johnson, NASA's iconic mathematician in 'Hidden Figures', dead at 101 Katherine Johnson, the venerated NASA mathematician who was the subject of the film “Hidden Figures,” has died at 101.

For any moviegoer looking for an interesting history lesson or simply an entertaining film, “Hidden Figures” is for you. Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same name, “Hidden Figures” tells ...

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The movie based on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson was the top-grossing Oscar-nominated film of 2017 Hidden Figures may have been a box office sensation thanks to its leading ...