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She worked at the Langley Research Center (West Virginia) from 1953 to 1986. NASA \/ AFP<\/em><\/p>\n

Her calculations allowed the United States to conquer the Moon. American mathematician Katherine Johnson died at the age of 101, NASA announced on Monday, February 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

The career of this great figure among Black Americans inspired the film\u00a0Hidden Figures, released in 2016<\/span>, adapted from Margot Lee Shetterly's book, which recounted the often-ignored contribution of Black women to the American conquest of space.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scientist remained relatively unknown until President Barack Obama\u00a0awarded him, in 2015<\/span><\/a>, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' highest civilian honors
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Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, Kathryn Peddrew, Sue Wilder, Eunice Smith, Barbara Holley.
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American mathematicians who contributed to the success of the first American space flight in 1962.<\/span><\/p>\n


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