NASA's Independent Verification and Validation Facility in West Virginia was renamed in Johnson's honor on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Human computer Katherine Johnson's work in helping to pioneer advances in space travel spans over 30 years. News outlets report Congress passed … A NASA facility in West Virginia has been renamed in honor of a native of the state whose calculations helped put man on the moon 50 years ago. Toujours en 2019, la NASA honora la mathématicienne une nouvelle fois en rebaptisant Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Program, un bâtiment en Virginie créé en 1993 et dédié aux vérifications indépendantes des programmes de l’agence. Katherine Johnson (August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. The structure in Fairmont is now known as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility. Author: Samantha Kubota Published: 10:57 PM EST February 22, 2019 NASA renamed its Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, W.Va., to honor "hidden figure" Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility The Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont, West Virginia, has been renamed in honor of Johnson — an African-American woman who led … Johnson, a native of the state, calculations helped put man on the moon 50 years ago. Established in 1993, the Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in West Virginia has been renamed the Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, according to the association. The facility will now be known as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of … "NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility is going to play a key role in safely landing the first woman and the next man and on the Moon's South Pole by … The facility will now be known as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility. On September 22, 2017, NASA opened the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia and NASA renamed the Independent Verification and Validation Facility, in Fairmont, West Virginia, to the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility on February 22, 2019. The structure in Fairmont is now known as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility.