NASA will rename its headquarters building in Washington after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer, it revealed in a news release on Wednesday. “Mary W. Jackson was part ...

Four Black women who worked as scientists and mathematicians at NASA during the Space Race ... Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded ...

On Wednesday, the Congressional Gold Medal will be awarded to the group of women who were crucial to the space race, collectively known as the "Hidden Figures." They include Hampton native Mary ...