Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

A separate Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal was also ... She died in 2005 at the age of 83. In 2021, NASA honored Jackson with the naming of its headquarters building in Washington.

Pioneering African-American Nasa mathematician Katherine ... Margot Lee Shetterly, who wrote Hidden Figures, said it was her "life's honor" to tell Ms Johnson's story. "Her brilliance helped ...

A “Hidden Figures” mathematician who ... in bringing mankind to the moon during NASA’s Apollo Project. Johnson died in 2020. “We are honored to have Katherine Moore represent her mother ...