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Katherine Johnson and a highly-skilled team of female African-American mathematicians are credited with crunching the numbers by hand that allowed NASA to launch the first U.S. astronauts into space. On Sunday, Johnson turns 100. Johnson, who has been dubbed the “human computer” and was featured in the 2016 movie Hidden Figures, told The Virginian Pilot that she feels fortunate to have lived so long. “I’m just lucky – the Lord likes me,” she said. “And I like him,” she added, after pausing to reflect. Recommended Slideshows Congratulating the legendary mathematician, who worked at the Langley Research Center located in Hampton, Virginia, NASA shared several special birthday tweets, highlighting her accomplishments. “Today retired @NASA_Langley mathematician Katherine Johnson makes her 100th trip around the Sun as she celebrates her birthday!” the space agency wrote in one post. “Send her birthday wishes using #Happy100Katherine & learn about her calculations that launched...