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 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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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's "Hidden Figures" women will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Sept. 18. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their ...

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.