The National Visionary Leadership Project’s Oral History Archive: Katherine Johnson (Freely available online).The History Maker’s Oral History Interviews with Katherine Johnson (UI students, staff, and faculty only).
Watch Katherine Johnson’s video oral histories:
John- son Computational Research Facility, a. She died Februat 101 years old, leaving a legacy that lives on as an inspiration to future scientists. Johnson was honored by NASA with the dedication of a new research building named after her the Katherine G. In 2015, Johnson was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation, Farimont, WV. She worked for NASA until 1986 and received many awards, including the NASA Lunar Orbiter Award, NASA Special Achievement Awards, and Mathematician of the Year. Johnson Computational Research Facility at NASA Langley Research Center’s in Hampton officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. In 2013, NASA named its new 37,000-square-foot data center at Langley after Katherine Johnson. human flight into space, checked the computer’s calculations for the first human orbit around the Earth, and continued her impeccable calculations through humankind’s first visit to the moon. In 1961, she performed the calculations for the first U.S. She earned her bachelor’s degree in French and mathematics at West Virginia State College (now called West Virginia State University) at the age of 18. She worked as a school teacher until moving on to work at Langley Research Center. National Womens History Museum Alexandria, VA, United States.
KATHERINE JOHNSON NASA BUILDING MOVIE
As recognized through the book and movie Hidden Figures, Katherine Johnson was one of the first African American women to work at NASA as a human computer. Born in 1918, she attended a two-room school in West Virginia. She excelled at school and skipped ahead several grades. Katherine Johnson by the NASA building named after her.
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