NASA's Human Computer: The Mathematician Behind The Moon Landing | Outlier | Progress

Witness the extraordinary journey of Katherine Johnson, a mathematical prodigy whose calculations shaped the course of the United States Space Program. From counting steps to charting trajectories, Johnson's brilliance knew no bounds. Despite facing segregation and gender bias, her relentless pursuit of knowledge propelled her to become NASA's indispensable "human computer." Her groundbreaking work ensured the success of historic missions like Apollo 11 and saved lives during crises like Apollo 13.
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[@reginastoltz3629]

A lot of posters dont like the movie Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson said she was happy with the movie, except for 1 or 2 things. She saw it right before she passed away. She endorsed the movie. So if she was happy with it, and endorsed it, who are we too call it into question. And WITHOUT that movie, most of us would have NEVER known who those amazing ladies were.

[@joeybleu66]

john glenn called her the girl if she had been a man he would have called him boy! that was in 1961. it is a huge 'deep south' concession when her white supervisor does not call her by her first name. she calls her Mrs and that is a big get, what will that eponymous white women teach her children will she teach them to hate.

[@janetmacleod7948]

Thank you.

[@KaronNowalk]

I am a 76 year old white woman. That movie is part of my permanent recorded movie list. I watch it often. I would recommend ANY parent with young children (especially girls) show them this movie….tell them this story.

[@wcollins7557]

Yes, the historical inaccuracies were few and minor. And in this era, the film makers could have gone hog wild exaggerating the bigotry of the white people and the heroism of the black women, and no one would have said one critical word. Instead, they restrained themselves enough to both demonstrate these things, and allow the movie to retain credibility as at least a loose historical account. It was a great movie. People who object to movies like that should just watch documentaries only.

[@docalexander2853]

@@reginastoltz3629 I liked the movie. I made parts in Houston that went to the moon.

[@JustAnotherSusieQ]

I teach at West Virginia State University, a HBCU, and Ms Johnson’s Alma mater and just outside my building is a beautiful statue of her surrounded by benches and flowers. A great tribute

[@pierrerochon7271]

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFO- ALL OF THAT DURING JIM CROW- WOW

[@SylviaMudd]

I think Katherine Johnson would love that her statue has beautiful flowers and benches around it, she loved being outdoors as a child.

[@spudwesth]

Safe from WOKERS.

[@auydithbraham-patterson2411]

What happened to the dog?

[@mikesivula]

​@@spudwesthuhc ĵg

[@JesseDuran-ju6ov]

As a fan of the movie Hidden Figures, this documentary, adds so much credence to the film. She is true American Hero and deserves to be celebrated. I salute you ma'am!!!!!

[@PAHighlander24]

When I was an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering in the mid 70’s we had senior projects. The Dean of Mechanical Engineering was the advisor for all our projects. When we wrote our final reports, he then submitted some of them to engineering journals under his name, while our names were after his. He took the credit, as the second name wasn’t considered anywhere near as important, like a lab assistant. He furthered his career at our detriment. We did all the work in developing the scope and procedures and execution of the projects. He only met with us briefly once a month to ensure we were making progress. I’m glad this brilliant hard working woman finally received the honor and notoriety she earned.

[@gingerhiser7312]

The same thing happens with the grad student. That is why more energy and effort is put into the grad students by the professors. The grad student does the work and the prof gets to put his name on the paper and be "published' and thus not "perish". I highly recommend to undergrads to never go to a uni that is renowned for its grad program but they will be ignored and often get a subpar education.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

So you too are a woman? If not what is your point? The claim is she didn’t get credit because she’s a she

[@Prometheus7272]

That’s disgusting how do you stop that from happening?

[@john-nx4xn]

​@@Prometheus7272welcome to academics. It's common place for Post docs doing all the work then the tenured PhD "doing the research" putting his name on it. There's an expression in academics. Publish or perish. Most graduating students come out with a mountain of debt and no job in their field of study. U'd be surprised (or maybe not) with the number of people having college degrees working minimum wage jobs. A job that will never be able to pay back the student loan 😢 There's so many "degrees" that the information required to get that degree can be obtained from the internet FREE. But that cuts out the university. Let me say, I'm not implying all fields of study.

[@ladyfirstladyfirst201]

​@Prometheus7272 you time, date, and stamp things before sending anything or turning anything in. You send those things to yourself prior to actually handing it in. You place watermarks on things that can be watermarked just like money is. And if someone tries to benefit off of your work, you present the clear cut evidence indicating the lies and cutthroat tactics said person, institution, or whatever other entity is trying to profit off of your work.

[@ximalas]

“I still like to learn,” what a wonderful attitude.

[@muzikizfun]

That is true of truly intelligent people. The great geniuses like Newton, DaVinci, Einstein, Hawkins, etc, are known for their love and thirst to continue learning!

[@brendaalbaugh8927]

Never stop learning!

[@mercerconsulting9728]

Every so often a person like this comes along, and she's a true godsend. I have only the greatest respect for her.

[@louisetremblay5603]

I just stumbled into this documentary - what a formidable lady!!!

[@harleyenjoytheride1324]

I would love to have been a student in this woman’s classroom. She was and still is an inspiration to many of us who continues to enjoy the many challenges of learning. Rest in peace beautiful lady because your love of learning will live on forever.

[@kermitefrog64]

I watched the movie Hidden Figures with my wife and mother in law 6 times. This was an incredible movie and shows as a human race we have a reflection of our Creators genius among us.

[@becks1261]

Genesis 1:26: Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness

[@john-nx4xn]

​@@becks1261good thing Adam ate that "apple". Or they would still not know they were naked. Ur god wanted us to stay ignorant. Just saying. The bible is full of contradictions and scientific impossibilities. It's humans that have made life more livable. ✌️

[@Sheworkshardforthemoney]

I've watched Hidden Figures and The Help about 10 times each. They are so inspirational.

[@iscadean6038]

Or - we could just be intellectual explorers. No god. No Jesus. No bible. Just clever human beings.

[@kermitefrog64]

@iscadean6038 and we will destroy the earth as we live under materialistic societies, dictatorships oligarchies, and communism.

[@65gtotrips]

What’s so tragic and maddening is she didn’t receive the recognition she deserved until some 20-30 and even 50 years later.

[@garystrittmater8258]

Same for Percy Julian, it was said the reason he didn't win the Nobel prize was because he was black! That stings, there is an amazing movie about his life!

[@imee8825]

@@garystrittmater8258 do you mind sharing the title of the movie?🙏

[@joebryant1747]

Vivien Thomas

[@angellliccdd]

I agree with you. It is tragic. What I love is that former President Obama gave her the recognition she deserved.

[@susie7121]

​@@imee8825called Forgotten Genius

[@kathrynleaser5093]

Thank you Katherine G Johnson. You are truly an amazing person. The world was a better place with you in it. RIP gone but never forgotten. ❤😊

[@ursulareeg1171]

The father was a genius in how he moved his family around in order for them to have a high school education and then found ways to continue to have a college education. Call that smarts, wisdom, vision, beating the system and bravo to him!❤❤❤

[@omobowalekush3548]

Yea just think of the parents that didn’t have that ability to move to a better area for their children’s education and the many hopes, dreams , talents and knowledge was lost due to the racism

[@IBumpg]

@@omobowalekush3548 It's called cutting off the nose, to spite the ...

[@RayLabs]

Thank you for putting this together. After watching Hidden Figures I wanted to learn more about this amazing Lady. Now I feel I have a better understanding of her. Thanks.

[@friendlyone2706]

The book Hidden Figures was more honest & more interesting & inspiring than the movie.

[@lewismingledorff6417]

Truly a heroic person as well as an intellectual one. A powerful and beautiful soul. I am a retired commercial pilot thankful for her work. Rest in Peace, Ms. Johnson.

[@NASA-criminals]

So, we went to moon? LOL

[@yvindwestersund9720]

​@@NASA-criminalsok so we didn't?? Is that you're talking point in this?? If so I would like some proof of that please Rooted in science and facts please Not just your own opinion Mind-you ones opinions is a powerful thing but it is also the thing that makes you look like a fool if you're wrong and well maybe that's the thing here whit this opinion of yours 😂😂 Let's see what the facts say

[@NASA-criminals]

@@yvindwestersund9720 got your fool hanging, homeboy.

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@NASA-criminals What does that mean in English?

[@NASA-criminals]

@@digitalnomad9985 In pig-latin it is; I ot-gay our-yay ool-fay anging-hay, omeboy-hay! That help? (someday soon you'll figure out that we've ALL been lied to...no moon, no space shuttle (they're all but one, still alive, google it), no satellites orbiting, no ball, no globe...etc etc etc...ALL LIES!)

[@CandaceAustin-bv2wo]

Amazing woman of vast intelligence who is forever not a hidden figure. Bless you great woman.❤

[@cbjenkins]

If only all young ladies would look up to this woman!! Instead of the kardashians, Cardi B, Nicki Minaz....etc

[@johnarmstrong2632]

We are a demoralized people according to Yuri Bezmenov.

[@bargeld09]

Amen.

[@louiseklaver9996]

Amen!

[@meemo32086]

AMEN TO THAT!!

[@RiMind]

Agree totally

[@annettemalaski1967]

I wish they had given her a honary doctorate! Catherine certainly proved that she had the knowledge!

[@thomengel9720]

Such a wonderful story. She is definitely someone to admire.

[@BlueInk912]

Respect! What a gifted family of remarkable characters nurturing this star in their midst.

[@greenharvestproductions6743]

Beautiful. Lady who deserves all the credit in the world for her dedication as a master Mathematics calculus and Algebra

[@terriecotham1567]

Thanks to all who helped put this together from those who provide the funs. To those sweeping the floors What an amazing lady one we should all be so lucky to know or work with. Just an amazing lady

[@emzywillrich7243]

Katherine Johnson was an extraordinary woman.

[@spudwesth]

Did she breed ?

[@Sonja14athome]

​@@spudwesth If you had paid attention while watching this biographical documentary, you would know she had 3 daughters.

[@fl3522]

@@spudwesth - Your question asks, did she have children, posed in the crudest way possible, is an insult to the memory of one of the worlds greatest minds. I am embarrassed for you, but doubt you have the intellect to feel shame.

[@davidbudd2624]

Her recognition may have come late, but her incredible accomplishments are a monument to human capability and humility.

[@ande100]

What a remarkable woman!

[@barracuda7018]

Humble and decent...

[@kennethbethany5078]

Mr Ted Skopinski I have all the respect for you. KATHRINE JOHNSON & the final report!!

[@beakytwitch7905]

Thank you so much for presenting this fantastic documentary. The maths looks terrifying, yet at the same time fascinating - have always had questions in my mind about orbital mechanics. I hope that Katherine's papers become available for anybody who is interested to be easily able to obtain and study them. ❤😊

[@muzikizfun]

She was a great lady, and above all, she did it her way with an abundance of class.

[@jeremytoney9367]

The idea that people can achieve massive amounts of things in their lives is one that I wholeheartedly agree with, and I can tell you that in this stage there are too many people that want to beat down those who they think are what they should be yet I see a person like Catherine Johnson achieving levels of capability that allowed us to get to the moon and so I know that the prejudice that still is in the world today is What came out of people on their children before my time. Catherine Johnson was able to accomplish something the year. I graduated high school yet. I didn’t hear her name until after I was over 40 years old and wonder what the difference might’ve been had I known her and her story while I was still a child. What accomplishments can be done is one of those things that anyone should be able to do and I hope that one day sooner or later we can do it together This is what her story tells me and this is what I hope that we in the United States can learn from.

[@tesmith47]

Who do you mean WE? The problem is WHITE America's exclusive fault and responsibility

[@randygilmour]

All the formula’s, equations that were programmed into the new IBM computers were her calculations. A lot of engineers wrote a lot of papers that were all Kathrine’s work and road her coat tails throughout their careers.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Do you have a link to this information, thanks.

[@mosijahi3096]

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oodo you don’t what he said if so why, don’t want to hear the I question every thing and I’m not a sheep and I think for myself narrative, because that’s not true in reality.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

@@mosijahi3096 I'm not sure what you're trying to say, I assume English isn't your first language, I asked the poster to link me to the information he posted because I'd like to read it.

[@mosijahi3096]

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo you knew enough to respond to my statement, why do you want to read it is it because you don’t believe him and you want to fact check because you don’t think what he posted can be true? If you really wanted to know you could look it up yourself.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

@@mosijahi3096 I could see you were trying to write something in English, Here's a tip not everyone tells the truth on YT, I did google it and couldn't find anything confirming what the poster claimed.

[@thorenshammer]

Before the advent of super computers, we had people like her, whose work made flights to space possible. Without the beautiful minds of Katherine Johnson and others like her, we would have never have made it to the moon. Thank you.

[@NASA-criminals]

@@thorenshammer We NEVER went to space, and never will.

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@NASA-criminals When your conspiracy theory requires that all the people in a position to know are lying, you can be certain, you're a loon. You reject all the photographic evidence, crying "CGI" or "Photoshop". You have no objective REASON to suppose any photos of the Earth are Photoshopped, you only have a MOTIVE to ASSERT they are. And we have had photos of the Earth since the dawn of the space age in the 1950s. Photo Shop did not exist in the '50s. The original version came out in 1988, long after the Apollo program was over in the late 70s. Before the 80s there were no computers capable of remotely significant digital image processing and we didn't have photorealistic CGI until the 90s. When the famous "Earthrise" photo taken by Apollo 8 was released in 1967, the technology to fake it did not exist. You're not even wrong, you are lying, and we all know it, especially you.

[@janicemoore30]

@@NASA-criminals So, NASA and other groups spent years doing math and physics and engineering research and publishing peer reviewed papers with formulas that make a moon landing (even more, entering "space") possible (the math has been verified and is taught in universities around the world) possible, but, never applied that math to reality? That documentary evidence alone (leaving aside the massive video and testimonial and physical evidence) is massive enough to shift the burden of proof to -----> you. So far, you haven't met it.

[@adelaferreira4575]

Katherine Johnson was one of the most brilliant scientist in the USA ,we should be very thankful to her for helping the men get to the moon and back ,which is no small achievement at the time,if anybody doubt that look at all the failures of Space X ,with all the Modern computers an science and he can’t get it straight !

[@phyllisgiaconia5852]

A brilliant person and hero to all of us.

[@ioanwarren9835]

Bravo and Thank You ! What a beautiful example of perseverance! Thank You so much Beautiful Katherine! 🌹🌹🌈🌈🙏🙏👼👼

[@tercioannunciado1710]

Amazing what she did, despite all difficulties, a role model to be followed

[@NASA-criminals]

MOON WAS A HOAX...A DEMONIC FLAT OUT LIE. NASA OWES US ALL A REFUND FOR STOLEN MONEY...EVEN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. C'MON MAN...

[@Skooty68]

This is what heroes look like.....A great lady ...The film is brilliant too...only saw it for the first time about 3 months ago,seen it 5 times so far.Inspirational!!

[@skywatcher651]

There should be no barrier at all for anyone who has the skills, talent, intelligence and brilliance to contribute to human achievement and advancement.

[@mosesshamakamba9335]

💯

[@nathanjames-qz9ft]

'A 'MIGHTY HALLELUJAH' to the genius, and legacy of KATHERINE JOHNSON" Thank you for your contribution to the U.S. space program"..

[@NASA-criminals]

@@nathanjames-qz9ft NASA = NOT A SPACE AGENCY

[@Silvermist78]

I bow down to Katherine Johnson! 🙏🙏What an inspiration!

[@rodpettet2819]

An incredible woman. What more can be said.

[@seniorsurveyor]

An amazing...inspiring....true life story.

[@wolfgangneuhaus8782]

sometimes history can brutally injustice. You will never be forgotten, Mrs. Johnson.

[@pars5027]

It is so sad how our school's do not teach us real history!

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

I just watched Hidden Figures on tv a week or two ago. That was a mind that definitely did not go to waste as so many young minds today end up.

[@keemosa.thebrand]

my great grandmother name is Katherine Johnson as well.. she’s still alive. 96 this August! I love this!

[@LynnKsCouture]

Wow! Love this story and tribute to Katherine Johnson.

[@TheWadetube]

I saw the movie, Hidden Figures and was moved by her accomplishments. I think they all did a great job, especially Kevin Costner and I enjoyed the story of a brief section of her life. I didn't realize then that it was much larger than the movie indicated. I am happy we still have her and she has had a great life.

[@SharonfromTexas]

She's no longer with us, she passed Feb 2020!

[@kathleen8627]

What a wonderful biography! I loved the movie, Hidden Figures, but loved this real story, even more.

[@michellewall6748]

I think she was just the most amazing inspirational woman…… just brilliant. Loved the film about her life, Hidden Figures… such an incredible story to tell! Much respect to you Katherine Johnson…..

[@carlfasbinder5746]

And in that conversation, at least in the movie, she credited Kepler with originating the equations used in the calculations. Putting her in that line of greats: Galileo, Newton, Kepler, …,, Johnson. Quite an accomplishment! They all worked with great difficulties.

[@2023FourRunner]

I Greatly Admire this Great Woman for Her Skills and Knowledge of Math. I Admire Her for Her Courage. Ethics and Strength

[@Vigilant_Guardian]

my mother worked for Mrs. Johnson at Sarah Bonwell Huggins regional center for mentally disabled, she was a special person with great talents and love she was a real hero during the hardest part of our spacerace

[@DM-w5o]

The thing to realize about the movie is that it compresses 10 years of her work, at NASA, Into 90 minutes. She started, at what was the predecessor of NASA, in 1953. She published or co-authored more than 24 papers on aviation and space flight.

[@adler7-l7z]

What an amazing scientist and genius mathematician. Given how she was treated by NASA, her achievements were especially noteworthy.

[@sinatra7407]

An amazing story.

[@cookiebates7389]

My grandson loves learning about spaceflights. I shared this documentary with him... one day after his astronaut training at 17 yrs old.....he plans to live on MARS. We thank Katherine Johnson for sharing her knowledge of space and numbers...signed...A PROUD GRANDMA BATES

[@motorcitylady13]

She was a hidden figure that was so extraordinary that she shined her light throughout the darkest of days.

[@Knudjensen54]

I am danish,71 years old sailor from the seven seas. I learned early from my Father,to look at a mans eyes and his actions,thats how you see who he is,not by his color or race,we are all just Humans,sons and daughters of God,act like it. :-) And it works,I could talk to all kinds of people on my travels,an open mind and a smile can do a lot. :-)

[@LoisMann-g4u]

I'm glad your father taught you that I'm in my 70s aswell that what MARTIN LUTHER KING was talking about the content of your character not the color of your skin

[@DavidChow-n4x]

Mom and Dad came to America to give us an opportunity to be able to become successful through hard work. Their sacrificial love through working long hours just to send us to college, we can never repay them back. I believe in giving back to this country and the opportunity it provides for us. Freedom is not free we have to protect our freedom, our Constitutional foundation for the next generation. God Bless everyone and have a blessed life. 🙏🙏🙏

[@tesmith47]

Don't be stupid, that immigrant crap means you were too weak or scared to fix your own country, so come to America where the BLOOD AND HARD WORK of BLAC, folks has made it illegal to repress other COLORED PEOPLES OF ALL COLORS. !!!

[@texgowing7359]

I watched all this, it's crazy to have been there watching this @ this time.. & recorded ALL THIS as it happened.

[@patrickcarrollconstruction3813]

brilliant woman, Katherine Johnson , thank you for your tenacity & brilliant mind. & what you did for the space program. math is absolute , you're right or you're wrong

[@cestmoi1262]

What a profound person, Catherine Johnson, who had to overcome so much prejudice --- but she did. We bought our first color tv (24 in.) to watch the moon landing which happened in the middle of the night (if I remember correctly).

[@smarthome2660]

Same here but it happened at about 8pm EST -5GMT which was my bed time, but my dad let me stay up a while. I was 9, & right then I wanted to be an astronaut.

[@leedoss6905]

We stood outside and looked at the moon.

[@mwatts-riley2688]

My father was in the first first class graduting from university of Chicago, 1968. He got a masters degree in this new field called COMPUTER SCIENCE. His first job was with SRA, THe classic school tests given to all students in the country, every two yes. He left and went to IBM. He started there in 1969, or so. Way before his time, in early 70s, i remember him telling him that writing letters, sending through the mail would be a thing if the past, and that a computer would be in every home. He told me about this thing called email. I thought he was drunk. 😮 DannnNG; spot on. 🎉. 💻 M. IL

[@albertjans]

What an amazing woman, a true leader that paved the way forward for more people than we could ever imagine.

[@CR-cd3bx]

Great documentary!!!!

[@bryanspindle4455]

I grew up and lived in Hampton, Virginia my entire life not far from NASA Langley where she worked and never jeard of Katherine Johnson until the movie about her life came out. What a brilliant woman.

[@jake-ps3bq]

What a great lady. It is a shame I had to learn about her in a movie.

[@gerardduncan1040]

Amerika is masterful at keeping Black accomplishments hidden for a long time throughout history.

[@ashbyt1]

If anyone has not seen the movie, Hidden Figures, you are missing out. She was an incredible person who stood out in a time when it was not easy to do so. She is such an inspirational figure in our history. The acting in the movie was superb and it was a fitting tribute to Katherine Johnson.

[@jeffc2190]

What a fantastic documentary! Thanks for making this known. So much of our rich history has been lost. Katherine was a true hero in her field.

[@williamcarr459]

Katherine truly proves how irrelevant our skin colour, hair style, sex and all the rest of these superficial attributes. She was a genuine genius. And a kind and sweet person. It’s clear the NASA people were very proud of her!!

[@SULKYDALY]

Admirable 😊 me hubiese gustado conocerla❤

[@mukeshsharma-iq8dp]

Fantastic Mathematician, Woman, Wife, Mother & American hero!👍🏻🏆👏

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

The right kind of parents can make a child believe in themselves to stand up to an indifferent world in a humble way. I loved Leland Melvin's comments. Shero's indeed!

[@jeannemills8194]

Love this story, loved Hidden Figures movie. God granted us a gift to change history.

[@tjmcguire9417]

Sounds like Mike Dorn is the narrator. If so, that is grand. If not? Whoever you are.... great work.

[@reginacarrithers4454]

What an ABSOLUTE PRECIOUS SOUL! Thank YOU, Katherine!

[@johanneberube6682]

An extraordinary woman! Surprisingly, I learn about her genius in 2024... 🌹💖🌹

[@MichaelJ843]

I wonder what America and the world missed and continues to miss because of prejudice.

[@neilcabudoc4841]

Dang. I’ve already watched Hidden Figures quite a few times but I was literally bawling while watching this documentary. 😩

[@elizabethcollins8817]

Excellent documentary! Thank you! I’d like to see more of these presentations.

[@lovelydiva06]

NASA is really messed up for having not giving her, her notoriety and respect for what she did to contribute to nasa and them getting to space, she wasn’t even taught about in black history and we all know why cause yt America don’t want the world to know black people are brilliant smart and contributed a lot to history and this country not just yt men/pipo, they gonna wait til hidden figures to celebrate her, when they could’ve been given her her flowers respect and recognitio and there was no yt savior moment either like Hollywood portrayed as they always do, to make themselves look good smh, this is what we say when we say yt mediocrity is threatened by black excellence but I’m glad katherine johnson finally got her flowers and the respect and recognition she deserves

[@andrewmaina9707]

What a life 👏, amazing lady.

[@humbledriver2536]

Yes people and the United States government were fearful that the Soviets would have satellites that could send Atomic missiles on to the United States not unlike what the United States did to Japan. It's almost like we can dish it out but we can't take it. And thank you for all your contributions you remarkable woman Mrs Johnson

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Satellites weren't needed, the government gave the task to the British to see if they could break through the air defences, four out of 5 bombers simulated dropping nuclear bombs on US cities including the capital all but one bomber returned home, the 5th was intercepted by US fighters.

[@JeffreyPelkey]

I really enjoyed this documentary. I also enjoy learning and continue to learn. After working with electrical engineering for over 30 years, my work continues to be a quest for helping people.

[@ititonsiti1258]

Catherine Johnson was a teacher. A teacher helped us go to the moon and back. It is as simple as that. I am not a teacher, but my father , now in his 80s, was a teacher in his earlier years. This documentary shows that teachers teach and they do. There is this negative saying that those that cannot do, teach. Really? They tried that one on me when was training software developers in the 1990s, I laughed at them, because I was also a software developer and apart from training many developers from all over the world right here in South Africa, I also did software development projects as a software development consultant from a wide array of fields. From financial, agricultural, engineering to tourism and mining. if you train or teach people it does not mean that you cannot do. When I look at Catherine Johnson's achievement, it makes me feel better at being a non-white person myself, who, in post-apartheid South Africa had to be a pioneer for others around me, in a white, male dominated field and during a time when we had our very first, internationally recognized democratic elections. The mother of one of my best friends was also Catherine Johnson, though not the one in the video, and that is so weird!

[@OHBoyNTX]

RIP Mrs. Katherine Johnson thank you for all that you did

[@maryjanegibson7743]

Truly an inspiring woman who changed the world.

[@brendaalbaugh8927]

The best story I’ve never heard! Thanks!

[@vanessaschofield7927]

wow and extraordinary great lady thankyou for all you have done

[@jackhume4532]

WOW, what an interesting and fascinating documentary about an amazing and BRILLIANT Human Being ,Mrs Katherine Johnson .

[@madelinegrudens]

Just what I was looking for after watching the movie!! What an incredible mind and a beautiful and humble woman who will now touch many more lives with her amazing journey!!

[@p0ooLahH]

Dear Katherine, you are truly of a kind!❤🎉

[@kelalamusic9258]

She was a brilliant woman, and if she wasn’t working for NASA. Nothing would have gotten off the ground. She was the key to NASA’s success. What an inspiration to all.

[@fardadsayyarpour3581]

Thank you for your informative video.

[@jimfarnell5813]

One of my great personal heroines… From her God given genius, her conquering racial prejudice and her indomitable spirit to press forward benefits mankind and space travel for years to come…

[@tstuart7333]

The ladies contribution and the flight, mathematics and all else was LONG LONG overdue. Shame on you America, shame on you. The ladies ability to solve problems that those who couldn't should have been recognised in the 60s. God Bless you Kathrine G Johnston. ( Ireland)

[@LifenaDay525]

An amazing woman. She saved those men’s lives.

[@benztech2262]

An amazing woman! The movie “Hidden Figures” about her life is great too.

[@tomzeman5964]

The movie Hidden Figures lifted Katherine to stardom, she was not only a Hidden Figure but her mathematical Figures were based on the geocentric model of Earth..

[@SULKYDALY]

I which to have a meeting with every body who knew her. Remembering Katherin In her on Words.

[@grannytrez]

I love hidden figures. I probably watch it at least once a month. I’ve had all my children and grandchildren watch she did also they also love it.