Katherine johnson poster

A great mathematician and a civic hero, Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by president Barack Obama in 2015 for her extraordinary contribution to the United States' space program.

New posters from Perimeter Institute include NASA hidden figure Katherine Johnson.

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Mathematician Katherine Johnson at Work: NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years which included calculating the trajectory of the 1961 flight of Alan Shepard. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 24 2015.

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NASA mathematician and trailblazer Katherine Johnson has died at 101 years old.

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