In 'Hidden Figures' 3 African American Women Help NASA Win 60s Space Race

Hidden Figures is the Hollywood version of the true story of three black women who in 1962 helped NASA launch pioneer astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson broke the gender and race ceiling working as NASA mathematicians, computer experts and engineers during the Jim Crow era in the United States. In the early 1960s, the space race between the US and the Soviet Union is in full force. Trailing the Soviets, NASA prepares for the first...

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