Katherine Johnson Dies: NASA Mathematician Portrayed In ‘Hidden Figures’ Movie Was 101
Katherine Johnson, one of many NASA mathematicians portrayed within the 2016 Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures, died Monday, NASA mentioned on Twitter. She was 101.
Johnson “was an American hero and her pioneering legacy won’t ever be forgotten,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter.
“At NASA we’ll always remember her braveness and management and the milestones we couldn’t have reached with out her. Ms. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of area at the same time as she made large strides that additionally opened doorways for ladies and folks of colour within the common human quest to discover area,” Bridenstine mentioned in an announcement.
Johnson was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson within the Theodore Melfi-directed movie, which tracks the untold true story of physicist Johnson, area scientist Dorothy Vaughan, performed by Octavia Spencer, and mathematician Mary Jackson, portrayed by Janelle Monáe. The pioneering African American girls carried out work that was essential to American success within the area race and most impactfully, within the profitable 1969 Apollo moon touchdown, however their story has largely unknown to the nation they served. The movie was nominated for 3 Academy Awards, together with greatest image. You’ll be able to watch a video of Johnson on the 89th Academy Awards beneath.
Johnson additionally was featured on NBC’s Timeless, portrayed by Nadine Ellis.
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President Barack Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for civilians, in 2015. Two years later, NASA devoted a computational analysis facility in her honor. Most lately, NASA renamed a constructing after her in her residence state of West Virginia, a invoice signed into legislation by President Trump in December.
