NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency’s first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film ‘Hidden Figures.’
Mary Jackson, featured in film ‘Hidden Figures,’ did calculations that helped get astronauts into space
The Associated Press ·
This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. On Wednesday, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Jackson, NASA’s first African American female engineer. (Robert Nye/NASA/The Associated Press)
NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the