View Katherine Johnson Nasa Mathematician Gif. Katherine johnson dies at 101; Katherine johnson, a mathematician who was one of nasa's human computers and an unsung hero of the space agency's early days, died monday.

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Johnson refused to be limited by society's expectations of her gender and race while expanding the boundaries of humanity's reach. Johnson is remembered as a trailblazer who helped america dominate. Despite her incredible contributions to america's space agency, johnson remained largely unknown until the blockbuster film hidden figures spotlighted her accomplishments.

Johnson's 33 years in nasa's flight research division — the office from which the american space program sprang — and for decades afterward, almost no one knew her name.

Among her many accomplishments, she completed the trajectory analysis for alan shepard's 1961 suborbital flight, which was the first time the. Johnson refused to be limited by society's expectations of her gender and race while expanding the boundaries of humanity's reach. Katherine johnson, one of the nasa mathematicians depicted in the movie hidden figures, turns 100 in august, and nasa recently named a research center after her. Nasa says katherine johnson, a mathematician who worked on nasa's early space missions and was portrayed in the film hidden figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died.