NASAs Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson

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NASAs Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson

NASA announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA ca…

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NASA’s Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, “Hidden Figure” Mary W. Jackson

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NASA Names Headquarters After 'Hidden Figure' Mary W. Jackson

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NASA Names Headquarters After first Black Female Engineer at NASA

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NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson

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