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West Virginia University Libraries and the West Virginia and Regional History Center will celebrate the life and legacy of the NASA mathematician and space pioneer Katherine Johnson in the Downtown

NASA’s pioneering mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away on Monday at the age of 101. Katherine Johnson’s calculations helped get the first Americans to space and back safely.

Cygnus launches atop the Antares rocket from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia (NASA)   As Cygnus approaches the International Space Station, it will be grappled by the crew using the station’s robotic arm, and then installed on the bottom side of the station’s Harmony node. After delivering cargo to the station, Cygnus will destructively re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. It is Northrop Grumman’s 15th resupply mission to the ISS.  What were Johnson’s contributio...