38+ Outfit Katherine Johnson Hidden Figures Pictures. Katherine johnson, nasa mathematician and an inspiration for 'hidden figures,' dies 3:12. Katherine johnson, the nasa mathematician whose calculations were instrumental in the apollo 11 mission, has died.

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The important work done by nasa langley research center's katherine johnson, mary jackson and dorothy vaughan are explored in the new 20th century fox film. The lead role of katherine johnson was played by taraji p henson. Katherine johnson, the nasa mathematician whose calculations were instrumental in the apollo 11 mission, has died.

Johnson refused to be limited by society's expectations of her gender and race while expanding the boundaries of humanity's reach.

Nasa mathematician katherine johnson calculated the path that put a man on the moon and catapulted america to first place in the race to space. Hidden figures, the motion picture, takes many liberties with history. Johnson, whose calculations played a key role in the apollo 11 moon landing, earned nationwide acclaim decades later when her story was told in the book and movie hidden figures. Send its first astronaut over 50 years later, at age 99, johnson is finally getting some of the recognition she deserves through nasa's katherine g.