NEW YORK (AP) — The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on ...

"They actually laid the very foundation upon which our rockets launched and our astronauts flew and our nation soared." ...

A West Virginian known for her integral role in landing astronauts on the surface of the moon was awarded a posthumous ...

Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101. Nasa announced her death on Twitter, saying it was celebrating her life and honouring "her legacy of ...

Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their contributions to ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony inside Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol ...

(AP) - Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped ... Her contributions were later recognized in the "Hidden Figures" movie, with actress Taraji P. Henson playing her ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday with ...

On Wednesday afternoon the family of the late Katherine Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of their ...

The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ... unit of female mathematicians at what is now NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. Johnson's hand-written ...

Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures," died on Monday aged 101, the space agency said. Johnson's calculations helped ...