Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were ...

Hidden Figures’ Real-Life NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson: ‘If You Like What You’re Doing, You Will Do Well’ Johnson was played by Henson in the film, which focused on the women’s ...

NASA on Friday is named its Washington headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film "Hidden Figures."… ...

That’s when she realised something ... missile launch company. And now, Nasa is at the heart of the movie that has earned her an Oscar nomination. Hidden Figures is a joyful celebration of ...

Which is why Johnson, dubbed the ‘human computer’ after she helped to plan the successful space mission, has had a NASA ... hit film Hidden Figures earlier this year, Johnson’s achievements ...

Retired mathematician Katherine Johnson — whose pioneering work partially inspired Hidden Figures — appeared at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, where she was hailed as “a true NASA and ...

Yet the best and the brightest were not equal — at least not in NASA’s desegregation-resistant Hampton facility. Director Theodore Malfi’s “Hidden Figures” (he co-wrote the script ...

They were honored with Congressional ... for the award winning film, Hidden Figures. Dr. Christine Darden was a renowned aerospace engineer and NASA’s first Black female engineer.

NASA's news comes amid calls for greater racial equality in the United States. Black History’s Hidden Figures That Inspired Today’s Innovators Five groundbreaking black innovators you should ...