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RIP Katherine Johnson: The extraordinary NASA mathematician astronauts trusted over computers

‘She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten’

Obit  Katherine Johnson, the pioneering African-American mathematician whose calculations ensured NASA’s astronauts safely set foot on the Moon in 1969, died today. She was 101.…

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