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![FILE - In a Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, Willie Mays, right, applauds NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, after she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19164661081172-e1562168596868-900x422.jpg)
‘Hidden Figures’ NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson has Died
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HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — NASA says pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died. The West Virginia native worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden… Read More
![FILE - In a Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, Willie Mays, right, applauds NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, after she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19164661081172-e1562168596868-900x422.jpg)
NASA Renames WV Facility in Honor of Human ‘Computer’
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) – A NASA facility in West Virginia has been renamed in honor of a native of the state whose calculations helped put men on the moon 50… Read More