NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson calculated ... At the time, the agency hired human computers to do the math that powered the more prestigious engineers' work. Johnson worked mainly by hand ...
Now, 11 years into a career at NASA, it looks like helping facilitate space exploration as a Human Systems Engineer and Research Scientist at the Ames Research Center. “Our Human Computer ...
The Space Race of the 1960s was a monumental period in history. The competition between the United States and the Soviet ...
Washington, Katherine Johnson, a woman mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and inspiration for the acclaimed movie "Hidden Figures", passed away on Monday. She was 101.
expressed its concern about the integrated computer testing capabilities across the three separate programs under the Exploration Systems Development (ESD) division of NASA’s Human Exploration ...