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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about female entrepreneurs in healthcare. Jackson’s name adorning the federal building shows acknowledgment for her ...

NASA is paying tribute to Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer. As Black History Month wound down on Friday, the agency formally named its Washington, D.C. headquarters in her ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: The street sign "Hidden Figures Way" is posted at NASA Headquarters in honor of African American women mathematicians who worked at NASA on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.

NASA recently announced that it would be renaming its headquarters in Washington, D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the trailblazing first Black female engineer at the space agency made famous by the film ...

NASA is recognizing one of its "hidden figures" by naming its main office after the first African American female engineer to work at the space agency. The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building ...

NASA’s headquarters building in downtown D.C. now has a new name, honoring the late Mary W. Jackson, the first African-American female engineer at the agency. “Jackson’s story is one of incredible ...

She was NASA's first Black female engineer. 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 ...

NASA will name its headquarters building in Washington, D.C., in honor of its first Black female engineer, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced on Wednesday. Mary W. Jackson, who was featured ...

Bryan Jackson, grandson of Mary W. Jackson, left, and Raymond Lewis, son-in-law of Mary W. Jackson, right, unveil the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign during a ceremony officially naming the ...