NASA names HQ after 'hidden figure' Mary W. Jackson

NASA's headquarters in Washington D.C.

Will be named after Mary W.

Jackson.

She was a mathematician and aerospace engineer who was part of a group of women who helped get astronauts into space.

JACKSON - THE FIRST AFRICANAMERICAN FEMALE ENGINEER ATNASA.MARY WAS A MATHEMATICIAN ANDAEROSPACE ENGINEER WHO WAS PARTOF A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO HELPEDGET ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE.YOU MAY REMEMBER THE MOVIEABOUT THEM - 'HIDDEN FIGURES'.SHE WAS PLAYED BY JANELLE MONAE- AND WAS AWARDED THECONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL IN2019 - AFTER HER DEATH IN 2005