Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their contributions to NASA’s space program.
Congressional Gold Medals will be awarded to the NASA mathematicians known as the "Hidden Figures" who played a significant role in astronaut John Glenn’s launch into orbit.Recipients of the prestigious awards are Katherine Johnson in recognition of her service to the U.S. as a mathematician, Dr. Christine Darden for her service as an aeronautical engineer to the U.S., and Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson in recognition of their service to the nation during the space race.
Johnson also calculated the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the moon. Johnson also took part in the Space Shuttle program and Earth Resources Satellites, and the early planning for a mission to Mars.Mary Jackson spent over 30 years at NASA, authoring and co-authoring research reports in her role as engineer, and later became a manager in Langley’s Federal Women’s Program in the NASA Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, per the University of California, Berkeley. Dr.
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