View Katherine Johnson Nasa Movie Images. Katherine johnson, a pioneering nasa mathematician whose work inspired the film hidden figures, died. Despite her tremendous contributions to america's space programs, johnson, a black woman, remained a hidden figure for much of her life.
In fact, she calculated the flight trajectories for all of the mercury flights, including the 1962 mission that made.
In fact, she calculated the flight trajectories for all of the mercury flights, including the 1962 mission that made. Katherine johnson, a nasa mathematician and subject of the 2016 movie hidden figures, died monday at the age of 101, nasa said. © nasa nasa research mathematician katherine johnson is photographed at her desk at nasa langley research center with a globe, or celestial training device, in 1962. Nasa mathematician katherine johnson calculated the path that put a man on the moon and catapulted america to first place in the race to space.
