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Katherine Johnson dies at 101 NASA trailblazer and Hidden Figures figure
Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and helped verify early computer data, died at 101. Her work supported Project Mercury and John Glenn’s orbit, with later honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
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Katherine Johnson
NASA
Jim Bridenstine
Bridenstine
Johnson
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Hampton
Virginia
NACA
Langley Research Center
Virginian-Pilot
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Glenn
Katherine
Margot Lee Shetterly
Shetterly
Associated Press
Barack Obama
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
Taraji P. Henson
Willie Mays
White House
Washington
Evan Vucci