Jan 3, 2017 · We compare the Hidden Figures movie vs. the true story of the real Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan at NASA.

Sep 8, 2016 · Ushered into the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in 1935 to shoulder the burden of number crunching, they acted as human computers, freeing the engineers of hand calculations in the...

Jan 24, 2017 · In the 1960s, Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn and others absorbed the accolades of being the first men in space. Behind the scenes, they were supported by hundreds of...

May 26, 2020 · The movie 'Hidden Figures' celebrates the African American women who worked as NASA's "human computers." Here are four other women from that era.

Jan 30, 2017 · Based on a true story, Hidden Figures follows the events of the U.S. and Russian race to put the first man in orbit. Behind the scenes of one of the greatest operations in U.S. history, a...

Jan 30, 2017 · Known as the “computers in skirts,” the three women worked behind the scenes at NASA in the segregated West Area Computers division of Langley Research Center. Their meticulous calculations...

Feb 3, 2017 · The quote underlines this based-on-a-true-story movie. For NASA to get John Glenn into space and home safely, institutions that supported prejudices and biases needed to start...

Nov 13, 2024 · Discover the true story of African American women mathematicians at NASA who inspired "Hidden Figures". Learn how these unsung heroes overcame discrimination to play crucial roles in America's early space missions.

Jan 12, 2017 · Al Harrison was not a real person, but a fictionalized composite of three NASA directors at Langley during the time. (The writer couldn’t get the rights to the guy he initially wanted.) There...

Jan 6, 2017 · "Hidden Figures," a movie about three African-American women pioneers at NASA, was slated for worldwide release Friday. The story of the women who calculated flight trajectories that helped...