NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visits the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility (CRF) during his first tour of NASA Langley Research Center, July 31, 2018. Pictured, from left: Clayton Turner, deputy director at NASA’s Langley Research Center; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Dr. David Bowles, director at NASA’s Langley Research Center; Cathy Mangum, associate director at NASA’s Langley Research Center.
Opened in September 2017, the CRF is a state-of-the-art facility that will enable innovative research and development supporting NASA’s missions. It is the third building in Langley’s 20-year revitalization plan. The facility was named in honor of Katherine Johnson, a mathematician at Langley whose contributions included calculating trajectories for America’s first spaceflights.
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