(DON)
AS PART OF OUR MONTH-LONG
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S
HISTORY,
WE'RE SHARING THE STORIES
OF FEMALE PIONEERS.
(KATIE)
ONE OF THOSE WOMEN MADE
HER MARK IN HAMPTON-- AND
IN OUTER SPACE.
BACK IN THE 1950S,
KATHERINE JOHNSON WORKED
ON COMPLEX,
GROUNDBREAKING
SPACE-MISSIONS AS A
"HUMAN COMPUTER" FOR
NASA.
HER WORK HELPED SEND ALAN
SHEPARD INTO SPACE AND
JOHN GLENN INTO ORBIT.
BUT AS A WOMAN AND A
MINORITY, HER WORK WAS
OFTEN OVERLOOKED, UNTIL
THE
20-16 MOVIE "HIDDEN
FIGURES."
THE MOVIE HIGHLIGHTED THE
WORK AND CHALLENGES
JOHNSON, DOROTHY
VAUGHAN AND MARY JACKSON
FACED WHILE WORKING AT
NASA.
SINCE THEN, BUILDINGS
HAVE BEEN RENAMED IN HER
HONOR, FORMER PRESIDENT
BARACK
OBAMA AWARDED HER WITH A
PRESIDENTAL MEDAL OF
FREEDOM -- BUT SHE STILL
MAINTAINS SHE WAS SIMPLY
DOING HER JOB.
KATHERINE JOHNSON,
MATHEMATICIAN
JUST MATH PROBLEMS.
HOW FAR AWAY IS THE MOON?
AT NASA, ALL OF IT WAS MY
FAVORITE
MY BEST, I ALWAYS DID MY
BEST. ALWAYS
(DON)
TONIGHT, 10 ON YOUR
SIDE'S MARIELENA BALOURIS
SITS DOWN WITH KATHERINE
JOHNSON.
HEAR WHAT JOHNSON HOPES
YOUNG WOMEN LEARN FROM
HER STORY.
THAT'S IN HER
"CELEBRATING WOMEN"
SPECIAL REPORT -- TONIGHT
STARTING AT 4.