The Space Race of the 1960s was a monumental period in history. The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to dominate space exploration captured the world’s attention, but there ...

“Mary W. Jackson was part of a group ... in 1942. She was a mathematician and aerospace engineer who started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley ...

The street outside Nasa's headquarters has been named "Hidden ... Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. They made significant contributions to space flight in the 1960s. But their successes and ...

Nasa is to name its headquarters in Washington DC after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson. Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said Jackson had helped to break down barriers for African ...

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was an unsung ... "Hidden Figures" also told the stories of fellow pioneers Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and the key role they played in the Space Race.