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hello on behalf of the entire nasa

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family i would like to congratulate nasa

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legend catherine johnson as she

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celebrates her 100th birthday

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with slide rules and pencils catherine

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and her pioneering colleagues helped our

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nation's space program literally get off

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the ground

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long before the hidden figures book and

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movie elevated their story to millions

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around the world they were at nasa

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breaking down barriers and pushing the

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frontier of human achievement

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catherine's confidence bravery and

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commitment to excellence at nasa decades

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ago continues to inspire the nasa

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workforce even today

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nowhere is this more evident than at

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nasa langley's catherine johnson

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computational research facility

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catherine we are blessed to have you as

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a part of our nasa family and i want to

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thank you for all you've done for our

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country and our agency we wish you the