Spacecraft Named For 'Hidden Figures' Mathematician Katherine Johnson Launches - NPR
Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., on Saturday.
The rocket is delivering cargo to the International Space Station.
Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA's Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., on Saturday.The Associated Press notes that the Saturday launch at Wallops Island is about 100 miles from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., where Johnson and other Black female mathematicians profiled in the film worked