Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...

Dorothy Vaughan was a trailblazing mathematician and computer programmer who significantly contributed to the U.S. space program. As NACA’s (later NASA) first African American manager, she ...

The newly named “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of Women of Apollo” building at Johnson Space Center on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Houston. Vaughan was a mathematician and human computer who ...

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will name a building after legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of the Apollo program on Friday, one day before the 55th anniversary of the ...

Dorothy Jane Constant Vaughan Sink, 107, of the Bore Auger Community of Bedford County, Virginia, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024. Born in Dawson, Illinois on January 22, 1917, her ...

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon ...

Labeled "a legendary human computer" by NASA, Vaughan became the agency's first African-American manager. She was assigned to a segregated all-black group of female mathematicians, who were ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...