NASA tapped the talent of a group of female African-American mathematicians, known as "human computers", who played a crucial role in the US space program. These women, including Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Goble Johnson, worked alongside top minds to calculate the launch and safe return of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, leaving a lasting legacy in US history.
Hidden Figures
A groundbreaking group of African-American women mathematicians at NASA broke barriers and made significant contributions to the agency's early successes.
