The street outside Nasa's headquarters has been named "Hidden Figures Way", in honour of three African-American women whose work helped pave the way for future generations at the space agency.

Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) provided remarks at a ceremony recognizing the "Hidden Figures" with Congressional Gold Medals. African American women who made up NASA’s “computer pool” in the ...

A "Hidden Figures" mathematician who helped America win the space race was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall ...

The ceremony stems from the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, which was signed into law in 2019. Recommended Videos NASA Administrator Bill Nelson represented the agency during the ...

Ms Johnson calculated rocket trajectories and Earth orbits for Nasa's early space missions. She was portrayed in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. The film tells the story of African ...

has had a NASA centre dedicated to her. Read more: “Women are powerful in numbers”: Taraji P Henson on why togetherness is key right now Until the release of hit film Hidden Figures earlier ...

Washington, Katherine Johnson, a woman mathematician who was one of NASA's human "computers" and inspiration for the acclaimed movie "Hidden Figures", passed away on Monday. She was 101.