Katherine Johnson, Trailblazing NASA Mathematician, Celebrates 100 Trips Around the Sun

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Katherine Johnson, Trailblazing NASA Mathematician, Celebrates 100 Trips Around the Sun
By Chelsea Gohd, Space.com Staff Writer | August 27, 2018 05:53pm ET

Katherine Johnson — a mathematician at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia who helped make human spaceflight possible — celebrated 100 trips around the sun this weekend.

Johnson, one of NASA's "human computers" whose calculations propelled NASA spacecraft to the stars, turned 100 on Aug. 26. Johnson is a retired NASA Langley mathematician who was integral to developing human spaceflight in America. Johnson, who was played by Taraji P. Henson in the feature film "Hidden Figures," began her career at NASA on a team of black women who were also referred to as "human computers." Like the other women in this group, Johnson broke down barriers as an African-American woman, despite anti-black prejudice.

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