Katherine Johnson Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom At 97

97-Year-Old Katherine Johnson played a role in every major US space program, from Alan Shepard’s inaugural flight to the Space Shuttle. Today she became a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor, for a hugely influential career in mathematics. Johnson’s inspirational work for the U.S. space program predates the …

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