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.

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.

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, ...

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 Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the US Capitol. Darden watched the ceremony from her ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first Black women hired at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory at NACA in 1943, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...