The very first moon landing, Apollo 11 in 1969 was a success in large part to a trailblazing mathematician named Melba Roy Mouton. Thursday, NASA announced a moon mountain will be named in her honor.

Melba Roy Mouton was a mathematician and computer programmer at NASA starting in 1959. She then became head mathematician, leading a group of people employed as "human computers." ...

Mons Mouton, a mountain near the moon's south pole, has been officially named after Melba Roy Mouton, a pioneering NASA computer programmer and mathematician in the 1960s and '70s.

Scientists named a lunar mountain near the satellite’s South Pole Mons Mouton. Mons was selected because that’s what mountains on the moon are called, and Mouton honors Melba Roy Mouton.

Mons was selected because that’s what mountains on the moon are called, and Mouton honors Melba Roy Mouton. Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of ...

Mons was selected because that’s what mountains on the moon are called, and Mouton honors Melba Roy Mouton. Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of ...