Vaughan was NACA’s first black supervisor and one of its few female supervisors. Dorothy Vaughan became an expert FORTRAN programmer, and she also contributed to the Scout Launch Vehicle Program.

Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy Vaughan strived to be the best from a young age. ... (NACA), as a mathematician and programmer.

Dorothy Vaughan was a trailblazing mathematician and computer programmer who significantly contributed to the U.S. space program. As NACA’s (later NASA) first African American manager, she ...

Dorothy Vaughan Became NASA’s First African-American Manager. At the height of Jim Crow, ... And in 1958, when the NACA fully transitioned into NASA and segregation ended, ...

Vaughan first worked at NASA forerunner NACA before joining the agency when it was formed in 1958. She was NASA’s first African American manager and worked at NACA and NASA for a combined 28 years.

NASA is honoring 'hidden figure' Dorothy Vaughan and all of the women who contributed to the Apollo program with the naming of a building at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first Black women hired at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory at NACA in 1943, where she performed mathematical computations for engineers conducting wind ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...