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Katherine Johnson, one of the African-American women highlighted in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” instrumental in the NASA space program, will have a spacecraft named after her. The S.S. Katherine Johnson will head to the International Space Station later this month. Last June, NASA named its Washington DC headquarters after her.
New Spacecraft Named After Katherine Johnson Honors the Pioneering NASA Mathematician
New Spacecraft Named After Katherine Johnson Honors the Pioneering NASA Mathematician