The "Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo" is one of Johnson Space Center's original permanent structures built in 1963. Today it serves as an administrative support building.

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan worked as a human computer, doing advanced math to help engineers design airplanes and rockets. She worked for NASA, supervising an office of other human computers. In the ...

Dorothy Vaughan, portrayed by Octavia Spencer in "Hidden Figures," and Patricia Turner one of the "Norfolk 17," were honored at a Black History Month celebration at Family Light Baptist Church in ...

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will name a building after legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of the Apollo program on Friday, one day before the 55th anniversary of the ...

Thomas and Dorothy Vaughan July 28, 1919 - March 14, 2017 May 4, 1921 - March 23, 2017 Thomas James Vaughan passed away peacefully, at age 97, surrounded by ...

Dorothy Vaughan was one of the first African American women who helped pave the way for the United States in space research. Graduating as valedictorian from her high school in 1925, Dorothy ...