WASHINGTON -- NASA is renaming a facility after Black woman engineer portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures". NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency's headquarters building ...

NASA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. will be named after the first Black female engineer at the agency, Mary W. Jackson. “Mary W. Jackson was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers whose groundbreaking work for NASA during the ...

NASA plans to immortalize Mary W. Jackson, one of its trailblazing alums portrayed in the hit film Hidden Figures. On Wednesday, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the agency's ...

NASA's "Hidden Figures" women will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Sept. 18. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress' highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

Mary W. Jackson was once a "hidden figure" at NASA, but now her name will grace the agency's office in the nation's capital. NASA announced on Wednesday that its Washington, D.C., headquarters will be ...