NASA "human computer" Katherine Johnson watches the premiere of "Hidden Figures" after a reception where she was honored along with other members of the segregated West Area Computers division of Langley Research Center, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, VA. "Hidden Figures" stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, the African American mathematician, physicist, and space scientist, who calculated flight trajectories for John Glenn's first orbital flight in 1962. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) Hidden Figures Premiere (NHQ201612010035)

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