african-american women without worked at nasa. jamie yuccas has the story. >> you think you can find me a different-- for this data. >> yes, sir. i prefer it over. >> hidden figures tells the true story of the black female math maticians at nasa who helped launch john glenn into orbit. >> that's john glenn. >> what do you do for nasa. >> calculate your launching card nights. >> engineer. >> the women katherine g johnson, dorothy vaughn and mary jackson were part of nasa's group of human computers. oscar winner octavia spencer was the first to sign on. >> when i learned that these women did exist and did make these contributions, i felt compelled to be a part of the telling of their story. >> you have identification. >> we are just on our way to work at nasa, sir. >> i had no idea they hired. >> quite a few women working in the space program. >> as women and as african-americans they faced and