NASA on Friday officially renamed a West Virginia facility in honor of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician whose work for NASA in the 1960s inspired the movie “Hidden Figures.” The center is now known as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Katherine Johnson poses in the Oscars press room on Feb. 26, 2017. A rededication ceremony for the West Virginia center will take place at a later date. So happy and proud to see Katherine Johnson’s legacy cemented at @NASAIVV, and even more so during #BlackHistoryMonth. MARK RALSTON via Getty Images NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson (center) is accompanied by actresses Janelle Monae (left), Taraji P. Henson (second from right) and Octavia Spencer (right) as they present onstage at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017, in Hollywood, California.

Source: Huffington Post February 25, 2019 17:48 UTC