Black History Month American Hero: Katherine Johnson | Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration... | By Miami VA
![Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020), an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights, passed away. Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020), an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights, passed away.](https://vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/media/2020/2/26/6/56/23/katherine_johnson.jpg)
Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020), an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights, passed away.
![Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures, dies at 101 - Dallas Examiner Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures, dies at 101 - Dallas Examiner](https://dallasexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Katherine-Johnson.jpg)
Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures, dies at 101 - Dallas Examiner
![Paul Coxon on Twitter: "@NASA_Langley "Determination of Azimuth Angle at Burnout for Placing a Satellite Over a Selected Earth Position" (1960), one of several technical reports which used Katherine Johnson's calculations. You Paul Coxon on Twitter: "@NASA_Langley "Determination of Azimuth Angle at Burnout for Placing a Satellite Over a Selected Earth Position" (1960), one of several technical reports which used Katherine Johnson's calculations. You](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlhosjcXsAATjhC.jpg)
Paul Coxon on Twitter: "@NASA_Langley "Determination of Azimuth Angle at Burnout for Placing a Satellite Over a Selected Earth Position" (1960), one of several technical reports which used Katherine Johnson's calculations. You
![Paul Coxon on Twitter: "Happy 100th birthday Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician who calculated by hand the trajectories NASA's early Apollo missions https://t.co/aay2OK3WmX #Happy100Katherine https://t.co/Z5Ary7qY2r" / Twitter Paul Coxon on Twitter: "Happy 100th birthday Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician who calculated by hand the trajectories NASA's early Apollo missions https://t.co/aay2OK3WmX #Happy100Katherine https://t.co/Z5Ary7qY2r" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlhoupoX0AIamWx.jpg)