Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies | WNT

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Her story of breaking gender and racial barriers as she worked on the first U.S. manned spaceflights was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures."
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@pcbacklash_3261 4 жыл бұрын

What a gal! I'm glad she lived long enough to see herself and her fellow 'computers' finally get the recognition they deserve! Katherine, you helped our country achieve one of its greatest moments ever, and we owe you our gratitude. Rest in peace.

@geomodelrailroader 4 жыл бұрын

and she lived to see NASA become a reality 50 years ago NASA did not exist, we have not landed on the moon yet no spacecraft got off the ground, and aviation was just getting started that all changed when a young woman named Katherine Johnson was hired at Langley for the National Committee for Aeronautics. Her job find a code that would allow our aircraft and spacecraft to fly and she succeeded. A few years later the NCA was abolished and Hatten and Arthur Clark were let go but stayed on as advisers NCA became NASA our space program and Katherine was there at its founding. Sheppard almost did not go into space because of problems with a faulty data recorder, Armstrong almost never landed on the Moon because of a program alarm, and many other missions almost ended in disaster had it not been for Katherine Johnson who radioed up the correct codes and the glitches were fixed in time for those spacecraft to complete their mission. In 2015 NASA named her old workplace after her and she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We will miss you Katherine and thank you for getting our space program started.

@americanbot5711 4 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine how much BS this great person went through irl. RIP Kind soul

@kawaiipusheenlovexoxo5352 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Holland if you watch the movie you will know!!she went through hell and back!but those white racist hateful people don’t have their name in NASA,she has and she will never be forgotten 👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏾

@nolandange6589 4 жыл бұрын

Really she getting recognized while the others aren't lol but she went through bullshit . First of all the did need her any mathematician could have done this with the skill set but they let her come on stop trying to say things you no nothing about

@nolandange6589 4 жыл бұрын

@@kawaiipusheenlovexoxo5352 movies lol you believe movies what a dumbass

@flossyraven 4 жыл бұрын

Yes because a certain group of people believe blacks have low IQs based off of skin color, even though we constantly prove them wrong.

@mosesm6040 4 жыл бұрын

Bad Cattitude Sitting at the back of the bus was the least of her problems. When she had to go to the restroom, just as all the 3 black ladies, she had to leave the building walk all the way a block further where a restroom was assigned to “negro” at the time and then hurried back to her desk! That period in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s was when America was great to some of us! The baby boomers’ years!

@MutheiM_Marz 4 жыл бұрын

Godspeed......Katherine without her there may be no moon landing in that decade

@taniaazteca7728 4 жыл бұрын

Fake , why NASA can't go back , we in 2020 this is the future technology suppose to be better than 50 and 60s . they never went and can't never go !!

@geomodelrailroader 4 жыл бұрын

Katherine wrote the codes without her we would never had gone to the moon let alone have NASA in the first place she started it all.

@shawnh3463 4 жыл бұрын

@@geomodelrailroader you really believe rocket scientist couldnt figure the math, that only she could??? Come on man. Look at her she was clearly white

@lovefoot1863 4 жыл бұрын

Shawn H tf are you talking about? 😂😂

@Mermaid404 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnh3463 No she is black. She had black parents and black siblings! She faced more discrimation then YOU ever will. In Africa.....YOU ARENT BLACK.....YOUR MIXED. besides as black people get older they loose their Melanin! Read upnon it....but you won't. Because you would have to be like Katherine and ACTUALLY work. That is the REAL reason you are putting her down! She didn't play the victim!

@eddedream8586 4 жыл бұрын

Rest peacefully Katherine Johnson

@liisavarhalla6348 4 жыл бұрын

A true pioneer for women and men. Intelligence,humor, and grace. God Bless you Katherine. Thankyou for your great service to our country.

@scottestes7768 4 жыл бұрын

To the world

@jimbaritone6429 4 жыл бұрын

A true pioneer. For everyone, everywhere. Full stop.

@heathentheheretic4909 4 жыл бұрын

Giving this a thumbs up seems so weird because she is so important and inspirational. We will miss you 😭😭😭😖😞

@MaryamofShomal 4 жыл бұрын

Black history is American history. Rest in Paradise Ms. Johnson 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

@WynterSantiaga 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You for your genius and determination ❤🙏

@bosnmatecaddie 4 жыл бұрын

She was a true American Hero! Wish I could have known about her sooner, what they don't teach U in the history books, that's a travesty! May She Rest In Peace!

@tereasacarty8000 4 жыл бұрын

My uncle worked for nasa he had to calibrate the rocket fuel for launches we met her I was young. Lost my uncle last year 98 yrs old. I had no idea who she would be later in life.

@davidellis5141 4 жыл бұрын

She did not need a pocket calculator or " Smart " phone. A Brilliant mind.

@spoonnoise8332 4 жыл бұрын

David Ellis what are you talking about? most scientists use technology because it makes work easier. That way they can focus on the more complex stuff. Technology is not bad and helps you not to waste time and advance more. If she would’ve had those tools when she grew up, there’s no doubt she would’ve used them

@aplatinumorange5112 4 жыл бұрын

Idk man this seems pretty boomer to me.

@shannonelaine3556 4 жыл бұрын

@@aplatinumorange5112 thats because you're stupid and wouldn't be able to simple math without a calculator. I am not a boomer either, I was born in 1978

@spoonnoise8332 4 жыл бұрын

Pisces Queen why waste so much time doing that when you can invest it solving more problems? Besides there’s very complex stuff that technology helps us calculate. Did you know that Plato and Socrates were against writing? But the thing is that we can only remember so much stuff and some calculations could take so long. Besides what you’re missing is that people still get taught in school how to do math, machines are only gonna help us with some things. We still have to think a lot when solving problems or how do you thinks scientists and engineers come up with solutions and new things every year? By the way based on your name, I hope you don’t believe in astrology lol because if you keep making an argument that someone is stupid because of the use of technology while you believe that stuff, that’d be ironic

@badbrain8279 4 жыл бұрын

You don't even have a clue of what a REAL mathematician does.

@shadow_boy0617 4 жыл бұрын

it’s weird cuz me and my friends were doing a project on Katherine and she just passed today. R.I.P Katherine Johnson.

@shawnh3463 4 жыл бұрын

A nice white women

@Mermaid404 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnh3463 A SMART BLACK woman who experienced more racism then you EVER would!

@Mermaid404 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnh3463 Your Mixed.

@shannongeorgiapeach76 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, black history should be all year long!! That's American history 🇺🇸. Rest in Peace beautiful Katherine J.

@renna912 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@shannongeorgiapeach76 4 жыл бұрын

@@renna912 one love that's thr dream and goal.

@shannongeorgiapeach76 4 жыл бұрын

@Bee Foo thank you its good to hear that, love you too! we are all children of God.

@ConvictedFelon2024 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, black history shouldn't even be special or recognized as such. It should just belong to the overall story of America, from Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman all the way to President Barack Obama. Some of them, such as the great Martin Luther King Jr., belong in the same company as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. All are true American heroes.

@shannongeorgiapeach76 4 жыл бұрын

@@ConvictedFelon2024 yes, I'm white but I was raised in Houston, tx from age of 6 to 30 & my 1st best friend was not only black but a boy as well. I was never raised around racism. The h.s. I went to had whites,black's, Hispanics, Asian's, middle easterners too. I 1st saw true racism at age of 16 by my then boyfriends fam. Then again after my divorce at 30, I moved to my birthplace Tn./ga. Where my whole fam lives and it smaller towns around here are some racist people. It shook me up bad. I will continue to fight for the racism to stop.

@Scott-gn8yo 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace!

@Catnip2011 4 жыл бұрын

One in a Million !!

@poopooman6725 4 жыл бұрын

1 in 7.8 billion

@cajun-brat6768 4 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful and genius woman. Even with all odds stacked against her she prevailed. MISSED but NEVER FORGOTTEN 💯💯❤️

@DennisSmithatLQ 4 жыл бұрын

I am so proud she was here!

@wolfblitzer1981 4 жыл бұрын

101 = a great life RIP

@tamao5177 4 жыл бұрын

You were a pioneer rest in peace my friend

@classicredwine 4 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Mrs. Johnson. Thank you for everything

@Gracie21 4 жыл бұрын

What a testament of an amazing person!

@emilyjones9787 4 жыл бұрын

We'll miss you!!! Thank you for all you've done Katherine 💛💛💛💛💛

@scorpionmish 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that she she lived long enough to get her flowers that she deserved. RIP.

@goforit321 4 жыл бұрын

This made me cry, I don’t know why. May she Rest In Peace 💐 ❤️

@kumikispe6484 4 жыл бұрын

Great woman, may your soul rest in peace. Love you and your contribution to humanity in the space exploration.

@thomasliang1755 4 жыл бұрын

So glad she got to live to 101 years. RIP hero.

@janicewashington4318 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mama Katherine!!

@barbaras2597 4 жыл бұрын

The world is s better place because you and the other ladys where in it.

@justadan5320 4 жыл бұрын

May her beautiful soul rest in peace, you will always be remembered as one of American's greatest people

@sstarkey1695 4 жыл бұрын

She is and always will be an American hero. Sincerest condolences to her family and all connections. Rest in peace, Mrs. Johnson. Your brilliance will shine eternally.

@jaxsun72 4 жыл бұрын

It makes me want to puke that Thrush Limbaugh has been given the same recognition.

@skrillaforilla9665 4 жыл бұрын

Leave it to a pathetic clown like yourself to judge...

@skrillaforilla9665 4 жыл бұрын

@Garry G God Bless You Gary...

@saki8888 4 жыл бұрын

@@skrillaforilla9665 What did he do to deserve the award? Kathrine Johnson caved the way toward space technology , medical technology , technology used to protect our country. It's not about judgement. It's not comparable

@mikerca 4 жыл бұрын

Please everyone that reads this post, do yourself a favor and watch the movie “Hidden Figures” as it is one incredible story. I have followed the American space story and NASA since I was 5 (1963) and was floored by this story which I and many many others never knew about !

@catherinemoore5603 4 жыл бұрын

Have it on videos watch it about 50 times.

@mariajbrum 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing human and mind. Thank you for your service to advancement of space development. God is taking you to the highest space ever,heaven! RIP

@danni1993 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Katherine Johnson...you were a REMARKABLE woman!

@JUNGLEISMASSIVE. 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P.

@jwil9050 4 жыл бұрын

God bless and condolences.

@georginabalboa8014 4 жыл бұрын

It is very devastating to hear... You always served an inspiration to all black people just as me. Thank you!

@renna912 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Katherine Johnson 🌹

@yaminhaniyah2979 4 жыл бұрын

RIP too. Loved the movie Hidden Figures.

@nolandange6589 4 жыл бұрын

None of the other mathematicians have been recognized like this

@ConvictedFelon2024 4 жыл бұрын

Ehh nobody really cares about them in this day and age. You have to be intersectional for the media to pay special attention to you. It's backward as f***, but it's just the way it works now.

@christopherturner8596 4 жыл бұрын

Boo hoo but they couldnt do math like her

@stephaniehall2552 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace !!!!!! Thank you for your Courage ,Your legacy will live on ,you have inspired a generation to move it Further

@tiomajick 4 жыл бұрын

I was talking about her in math class and got a notification that she died

@harrisonkey698 4 жыл бұрын

I was leaving maths yesterday (wednesday) and my maths teacher said that Mrs. Johnson (her Idol) has passed away and it truly saddened me and when I got home and told my family, they all asked who she was.... This made me even sadder as nearly everyone knows who Neil Armstrong is and many also know who John Glenn is, but not Mrs. Johnson. RIP Katherine. It is nice however that me and Mrs Davis (my maths teacher) can talk about her and the effect her story has had on us 😭❤

@paris8382 4 жыл бұрын

This is so heartbreaking 💔 I just watched the movie for the 1st time today..... And I was hoping to see how she was doing today.😔 I'm just grateful and somehow regretful that I witnessed and knew about her through the movie... But I didn't expect her to be gone just as soon as i looked for her.... The movie will always have a special place in my heart ♥️ and so will she...😢

@ESTTWIN-gw4es 4 жыл бұрын

Rip you made a change

@dietrichfallin4777 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Queen for all your hard work. RIP! Much Love to your Family. Shalom

@geomodelrailroader 4 жыл бұрын

Before NASA had a space program one woman was the heart of it all. Katherine Johnson wrote the codes that were used in all of our aircraft and spacecraft. Five years before she died in 2015 NASA named her old workplace at Langley after her. Katherine faced the odds and faced struggles but without her there would be no NASA. We will miss you Katherine thank you for getting our space program started.

@aaronbarragan8339 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why I admire so much super smart women, if it’s a guy it’s just like meh...

@moabmoron8607 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Barragan Perhaps you have lower expectations of women.

@aaronbarragan8339 4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Watson no at all, it’s just the stereotypical idea society has taught us that it’s men who are in charge of the hard work and big thinking. So when I see women overcome that it’s really awesome

@aaronbarragan8339 4 жыл бұрын

W.A M.P yes

@soulscanner66 4 жыл бұрын

We admire people who succeed despite incredible odds against it. The stronger the adversity, the more we admire them.

@rahulrathod2445 4 жыл бұрын

Just watched the movie. I’m so late people. But it made me respect my mom for the work she does and make me get my ass off and start studying

@afrozahanseer57 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Katherine Johnson. You are an inspiration for generations to come. I am so glad finally you got the recognition you got before you left us. You will always be my inspiration.

@angieies 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Katherine. She got to live a long life and got to do all these things..

@jimbaritone6429 4 жыл бұрын

I remember learning about Katherine Johhson in grade school, from one of the Canadian engineers who were recruited by NASA for Apollo when the Avro Arrow project was suddenly, shockingly and insanely cancelled. The aircraft were cut up on the ramp, the entire staff was laid off, and all the engineers terminated within one day. Shortly afterwards, NASA recruited some of the top engineers and theoriticians from the Arrow project, which was a masterpiece of aerospace engineering. This particular teacher spent several years with NASA, then returned Canada to take up a teaching position at the University here. The city was growing so fast, and the schools so short of teachers that a number of University profs taught subjects like math part-time. I was lucky enough - how lucky I did not learn until much later - to be in one of this gentleman's classes. A superb mathematician himself, he used to talk about "the wizard of math lady" at NASA, Katherine Johnson. I didn't know much else about her - just that she was one of the few woman engineers and mathematicians at NASA, and that her skill left her colleagues in awe. Not until the film was made did I learn that she was an African-American; my math instructor's stories about her focused on her astounding mathematical skill and insight into the problems of calculating for the Apollo lunar missions. This was long before the advent of the electronic pocket calculator, or home computer - we did advanced math with tables of logarithms and slide rules. (Our part-time math teacher didn't see any reason for kids 8 or 9 years old _not_ to learn calculus, LOL) Katherine Johnson was someone whose skills were truly awe-inspiring, and still are today. I grew up "space mad" - I was in school as NASA went through the Mercury and Gemini programs, culminating in Apollo. There were so many people whose work was vital to the success of Apollo but whose contributions were and are unrecognized. I'm very glad that Katherine Johnson's work _was_ recognized and honored during her lifetime. I am sorry to learn of her passing, but thankful for the 101 years of her life which contributed so much excellence.

@angelofmerceyangelofdeath8804 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace salute to this woman 2020 love you smart lady i watch the movie twice

@korgothkillings2032 4 жыл бұрын

Hidden Figures is really good.

@dx1seven135 4 жыл бұрын

" Tough " indeed

@dikatok 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you in your next journey, mam

@muzikizfun 4 жыл бұрын

A national treasure, god speed

@mrs.jamison8091 4 жыл бұрын

❤

@burnettebooks3665 4 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace ❤️

@mikejackson7881 4 жыл бұрын

Very glad she recieved recognition finally!!!

@nolovelost4020 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Katherine Johnson. The world cannot thank you enough for all of your contributions.

@keonnewilliams9511 4 жыл бұрын

#304👍🖤 Rip Mrs. Johnson.

@marekbanarek4412 4 жыл бұрын

We'll never forget Ketrina Johnson. It was an inspiration for very many people, also for me. So let him rest in peace.

@badbrain8279 4 жыл бұрын

This media reporting shows the general public has no idea what a real mathematician is.

@kamikazemind327 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Ms Katherine Johnson 👩🏽‍🏫

@dominiccarrano9513 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how the hell this woman was so brilliant when it came to math, I can barely pass my Algebra class for crying out loud and thus woman did advanced calculations with no calculator

@catherinemoore5603 4 жыл бұрын

Catherine put the black in black history. Rest in peace thank you.

@DaveHumphrey2514 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ms Johnson

@ChicagoMade 4 жыл бұрын

Just watched the movie then read her info on Wikipedia and then came her....R.I.P. Queen

@lindavezi8199 3 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching the movie and found out she did this year

@dwadeisthegoat2020 4 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾

@jeccym8715 4 жыл бұрын

Oh no,I just watched her movie now and she inspired me that's why I came to check her on KZfaq but unfortunately at an old age and already gone😥😥😥😥😥

@michelled1161 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for everything you did in your life Katherine. This country is better today because of you and the incredible work of your genius mind. God speed.

@Power-9Hunnid 4 жыл бұрын

RIP To This Legend!!!!

@abba3629 4 жыл бұрын

She will always be an American 🇺🇸 Hero. RIP Katherine Johnson.

@jjglj 4 жыл бұрын

RIP legend！

@k.a.u.4599 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in power!

@kattz9051 4 жыл бұрын

My hero

@catrinamalloy6876 4 жыл бұрын

A warrior!I pray to see that age.RIH

@mrp1924 4 жыл бұрын

They say she was the best, RIP

@lisabullock7461 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in Eternal Peace 🙏☮💜✝️

@zoesteenmomchannel3128 4 жыл бұрын

101? Damnnnnn she only looked in her 80s bedsides the wheel chair

@larryliskey6578 4 жыл бұрын

The Greatest Lady's of NASA.

@grace-ellenzacker1826 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Darlin

@rickhunter6479 4 жыл бұрын

😢

@gehlen52 4 жыл бұрын

She has gone to where she has already been.

@stellablevins5952 4 жыл бұрын

Can't ask for more living that long , worked in ground breaking profession to boot .RIP Mrs Johnson

@alexisyoutube621 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Soror!

@melindamullins9971 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing American female treasure we are inspired by her story🙏💛🌎

@timmillan6701 4 жыл бұрын

A role model

@your_moms_house110 4 жыл бұрын

*Tough* OMG WHAT A QUEEN!!!

@ufnow9774 4 жыл бұрын

That who should be celebrating her life. RIP

@jujubee90275 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant woman 💜💜💜

@brendadickson8871 4 жыл бұрын

Girl power she made a mark💜may her soul rest in peace

@jeromejackson6111 4 жыл бұрын

God's speed, Mrs. Johnson, you grace the world with your beauty & intelligent brilliance.

@Alvarez486 17 күн бұрын

Rip miss johnson

@ngimasinkiyolmo9905 4 жыл бұрын

Rip...Glory for science #KatherineJohnson

@soulflower666 4 жыл бұрын

She was a superhero.

@MTknitter22 4 жыл бұрын

She also never ever allowed herself to be used politically and there were attempts to get her to do so. She made it a point to tell that there were whites at NASA who helped her and promoted her in those days. I so admire her!!