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Katherine Johnson, NASA Trailblazer and ‘Hidden Figures’ Mathematician Inspiration, Dies at the Age of 101
The legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson died Monday at the age of 101, the U.S. space agency has announced. Johnson developed mathematical equations that were essential to NASA’s early efforts to send astronauts into space and then to the moon—and the principles discovered in her work remain at the core of manned space travel today. …