Katherine Johnson’s Legacy Intertwines With Women’s Equality Day

West Virginia native and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson would turn 103 this year on the same day as Women’s Equality Day, and many of those working at her namesake facility in Fairmont see a fitting connection.

Today, NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility bears her name and legacy housing a program that assures NASA’s safety and mission critical systems and software will operate reliably and securely. Many women from diverse backgrounds are currently part of that program and look to Johnson’s legacy and achievements in the work they do now.

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