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 ...

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.

Also being recognized at the U.S. Capitol was Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, all Black women whose work helped the United States win the space race in the 1960s.

The legacy and story of Jackson, Johnson and Vaughan was famously captured in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures," which was loosely based on Margot Lee Shetterly's 2016 nonfiction book of the same name.

NASA "Hidden Figures" — Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden — were each awarded Congressional Gold Medals for their service to the space program at the U.S ...

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 ...

(Mathematician Katherine Johnson, portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, and engineer Mary Jackson, played by Janelle Monáe, were similarly honored as Vaughan with the naming of the Computational ...

Katherine Johnson is famous for her role in NASA's orbital mission of John Glenn in 1962. ... The film also told the stories of other Black pioneers at NASA in Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.

The stories of Johnson, Darden, Vaughan, and Jackson were told in a book that was adapted into "Hidden Figures," a film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe. Johnson died ...