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.