Mary Jackson was the first African American woman engineer at NASA. She worked at the agency from 1951 to 1985. Courtesy of NASA NASA announced on Wednesday that it has renamed its D.C. headquarters ...

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Earlier this week, NASA announced that it is renaming its headquarters building in Washington D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency’s first black female engineer. “Jackson started her NASA ...

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., in 1977. (Robert Nye/NASA via AP) (Robert Nye, For ...

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — NASA’s headquarters is getting a new name, and it honors the agency’s first Black female engineer Mary Jackson. Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk led the naming ...

(CNN) — The name of Mary Jackson, NASA’s first African American female engineer and one of the barrier-breaking inspirations for the book “Hidden Figures,” officially adorns the space agency’s ...

Announced June 24, in what is long-overdue and well-deserved recognition, NASA is renaming its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the aerospace engineer who you may know as one of the subjects of the ...

Mary W. Jackson was NASA’s first Black female engineer, advancing aerospace research into high-speed flight, and paving the way for women and minorities in science and engineering. In 1958 Mary ...

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