Today, we remember NASA trailblazer Mary W. Jackson on what would be her 100th birthday! 🎈 In February, NASA Headquarters was named in honor of Jackson and the legacy she left behind. In 1951, Jackson was hired to work in Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory’s segregated West Area Computing section. After two years in the computing pool, Mary Jackson received an offer to work for engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki in the 4X4 Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, a 60,000 horsepower wind tunnel capable of b

"She personified NASA’s spirit of persevering against all odds, providing inspiration and advancing science and exploration.” Today, our headquarters building in Washington, DC, was formally named in honor of NASA's first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson: https://go.nasa.gov/3uyuX1M | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

She helped us propel the dawn of the Space Age through her work as a ‘human computer’. Now, our headquarters building will be named in her honor. Get to know Mary W. Jackson, our first African American female engineer: https://go.nasa.gov/2ZRDWx5 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

🎥 Reporting Live from ‘Hidden Figures Way' Watch our ceremony Friday, Feb. 26, at 1 p.m. EST as our headquarters in Washington is officially named to honor Mary W. Jackson, our first African American female engineer, who began her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA Langley Research Center. Learn how to tune in: https://go.nasa.gov/3qQUVLO | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration