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 ...

The newly named “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of Women of Apollo” building at Johnson Space Center on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Houston. Vaughan was a mathematician and human computer who ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way ... She graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1929 with a B.A. in mathematics after receiving a full ...

Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008): NASA’s First African American Manager. Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and a human computer at NASA.

The legislation tasked Congress with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Johnson, Jackson, Vaughan, Darden and "all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers" at NASA ...

Dorothy Vaughan Became NASA’s First African-American Manager At the height of Jim Crow, “colored” mathematicians were forced to work separately from their White coworkers.

A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan, a mathematician, computer programmer, and NASA's first Black manager. Credit: NASA. At 9 a.m. CDT, NASA Johnson Director Vanessa Wyche will begin with a discussion ...

-- NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in 1910-- Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach in 1917-- Actor Sophia Loren in 1934 (age 90)-- Artist Dale Chihuly in 1941 (age 83) ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.

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 ...