By Amanda N'Duka
24.02.2020 - 23:41 / mtv.com
Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician whose work played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, has died at the age of 101. Before Neil Armstrong's historic flight, Johnson's flawless calculations also helped Alan B. Shepard Jr. become the first American in space in 1961, and John Glenn become the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Johnson was born in August 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. A math prodigy, she worked with mentors to find math programs that were
By Amanda N'Duka
Dakota Johnson will see you now...in her gorgeous home. In 2016, the 30-year-old Fifty Shades of Grey actress bought a three-bedroom 1947 Hollywood Hills home, located just off Los Angeles' Sunset Strip, for $3.55 million.
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Taraji P. Henson has penned a heartfelt tribute to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mathematician Katherine Johnson, who she portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures.
Katherine Johnson, the trailblazing mathematician who inspired the 2016 film Hidden Figures, has passed away at 101. She was one of the first black women to work as a scientist for NASA.