The movie based on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson was the top-grossing Oscar-nominated film of 2017 ...

Many years before Susan Kilrain became a U.S. Navy TA-4J Skyhawk flight instructor and the second female NASA astronaut to pilot a space shuttle, her dad supported her youthful dreams during an era ...

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Oct. 30 (UPI) --Women leaders in science, technology, engineering and math from around the world are taking part this week in the U.S. State Department's professional exchange program based on the ...

This photo provided by NASA shows mathematician Katherine Johnson in 1966. automation A group of Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers whose groundbreaking work for ...

HAMPTON, Virginia -- Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures ...

(NEXSTAR) – House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted an event Wednesday recognizing several women who contributed to the space race. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

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 ...