109K views · 5.3K reactions | "She personified NASA’s spirit of persevering against all odds, providing inspiration and advancing science and exploration.” Today, our headquarters building in Washington, DC, was formally named in honor of NASA's first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson: https://go.nasa.gov/3uyuX1M | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

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