A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.
A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.A member of the U.S. Capitol Police carries a Congressional Gold Medal for Katherine Johnson, one of NASA's"Hidden Figures," during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
“The pioneers that we honor today, these Hidden Figures — their courage and imagination brought us to the Moon. And their lessons, their legacy, will send us back to the Moon and then, imagine, just imagine, when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars,” Nelson said. Female NASA employees hired to perform mathematics calculations and known as"human computers" are shown here in 1950: Dorothy Vaughan, Leslie Hunter and Vivian Adair.While working at a segregated department at NASA’s Langley Research Center, the four women, who became known as"human computers" for their mathematical abilities, calculated projections for key projects, including the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, which allowed the U.S.
"But these women didn't just crunch numbers and solve equations for the space program. They actually laid the very foundation upon which our rockets launched and our astronauts flew and our nation soared,” Johnson said.
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