50+ Katherine Johnson Nasa Pics. Katherine johnson was a nasa mathematician who played a key role in numerous nasa missions during the space race, perhaps most notably calculating the trajectory needed to get the apollo 11. Biography of nasa research mathematician katherine johnson by margot lee shetterly.

Katherine johnson, the former nasa mathematician depicted in the 2016 film hidden figures, died monday at the age of 101. Johnson was among a group of black women mathematicians who helped power nasa's space travel in the early 1960s when the agency was still segregated. Katherine johnson, american mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the u.s.

Katherine johnson, one of the trailblazing african american mathematicians whose story was told in the hit film hidden figures, has died, nasa announced on monday.

Katherine johnson was rejected by nasa the first time she applied. 24 at the age of 101. © nasa nasa research mathematician katherine johnson is photographed at her desk at nasa langley research center with a globe, or celestial training device, in 1962. Katherine johnson was rejected by nasa the first time she applied.