Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of NASA Human "Computer" Katherine Johnson

Meera Dolasia
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:56:56 -0800

Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who was instrumental in helping NASA send Americans into orbit in 1961, and later to the moon, died on Monday, February 24, 2020. The human "computer" is credited with codifying the mathematical principles that remain at the core of space travel to this day.