NASA’s first black female engineer, the late Mary W. Jackson, is receiving public tribute as the space agency renames their D.C. building the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in her honor, they announced on June 24.
“Mary W. Jackson was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in getting American astronauts into space,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine explained in a statement. “Mary never accepted the status quo,” he added, “she helped break barriers and open opportunities for African Americans and women in the field of engineering and technology.”
