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The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Tog ...
In keeping the legacy of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson alive, we rounded up some things that you need to know about the trailblazers and the work that quite literally ...
The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to family members of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, as well as a medal to all the "women mathematicians ...
Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their service to NASA during the space race. The stories of the women were documented in the ...
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is honoring Dorothy Vaughn, a Black mathematician, and human-computer who helped put astronauts on the moon and inspired the movie 'Hidden Figures'.
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 ...
The "Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo" is one of Johnson Space Center's original permanent structures built in 1963. Today it serves as an administrative support building.
In that vein, NASA officials will conduct a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston to rename Building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” ...
In that vein, NASA officials will conduct a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston to rename Building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” ...
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will name a building after legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of the Apollo program on Friday, one day before the 55th anniversary of the ...
July 15 (UPI) -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston plans to name a building after legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and women involved in the Apollo program on Friday, one day before ...