Pioneering mathematician Katherine Johnson celebrated her 100th birthday on August 26
KATHERINE JOHNSON, the inspiring mathematician at NASA's Langley Research Centre in Virginia who helped make human spaceflight possible — and one of the women who's story was told in the hit movie Hidden Figures - celebrated her 100th birthday last weekend (Aug 26).
Johnson began her career at NASA alongside a team of black women who were also referred to as "human computers." and were the focus of Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae.
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Woman who inspired 'Hidden Figures' celebrates 100th b'day
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