Before the invention of the digital computer, “computer” was the title given to workers within NASA that double-checked math equations and computations. Hidden Figures is the story of the female ...

Many years before Susan Kilrain became a U.S. Navy TA-4J Skyhawk flight instructor and the second female NASA astronaut to pilot a space shuttle, her dad supported her youthful dreams during an era ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox ; NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016) ; NASA space ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for ...

Many Americans are familiar with the astronaut heroes of the 20th century space race — names like Gus Grissom and Neil Armstrong. But who did the calculations that would successfully land these men on ...

An Arkansas woman who was a pioneer in the field of aeronautical mathematics and physics is now a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. But Dorothy Hoover of Hope still remains somewhat of a ...

The movie based on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson was the top-grossing Oscar-nominated film of 2017 Hidden Figures may have been a box office sensation thanks to its leading ...

Katherine Johnson sits at her desk with a globe, or "Celestial Training Device." Many Americans are familiar with the astronaut heroes of the 20th century space race — names like Gus Grissom and Neil ...