NASA Headquarters Named After Mary W. Jackson

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NASA Headquarters Named After Mary W. Jackson

Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA and one of the subjects of the biographical film "Hidden Figures," will have the agency's headquarters building in Washington, D.C., named in her honor.

Source: The Washington Informer

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