Oh, it’s my job to know! My name is Katherine Johnson. I am a mathematician for NASA’s space program. And the astronaut who’s risking his life up there - he asked for me personally to check ...

But first, he insisted that Katherine Johnson double-check the electronic ... But the computer was prone to hiccups and blackouts, and so the astronauts were wary of it. It’s not known exactly ...

Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson ... Johnson was instrumental in John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth. The legendary astronaut asked that Johnson check the calculations personally, as he did ...

As authorized by Congress, the medals were bestowed to Christine Darden and posthumously to Katherine ... first flight of a U.S. astronaut into Earth orbit, John Glenn. Johnson, who died in ...