She helped us propel the dawn of the Space Age through her work as a ‘human computer’. Now, our headquarters building will be named in her honor. Get to know Mary W. Jackson, our first African American female engineer: https://go.nasa.gov/2ZRDWx5 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

🎥 Reporting Live from ‘Hidden Figures Way' Watch our ceremony Friday, Feb. 26, at 1 p.m. EST as our headquarters in Washington is officially named to honor Mary W. Jackson, our first African American female engineer, who began her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA Langley Research Center. Learn how to tune in: https://go.nasa.gov/3qQUVLO | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

To mark today’s naming of the NASA Headquarters building for Mary W. Jackson, we collaborated with Events DC to showcase six local Washington, D.C. female artists’ work inspired by Jackson’s story as the agency's first Black female engineer! Take a look: https://go.nasa.gov/2PaSZQ5 #BlackHistoryMonth | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration