CNN | NASA’s DC headquarters is being renamed for ‘Hidden Figures’ scientist Mary Jackson
(CNN) – The name of Mary
Jackson, NASA’s first African American female engineer and one of the
barrier-breaking inspirations for the book “Hidden Figures,” will
officially adorn the space agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters Friday.
NASA announced its decision last year to name the building
in Jackson’s honor. Members of her family, including granddaughter Wanda
Jackson, are expected to be at Friday’s renaming ceremony along with Acting
NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk, the agency announced. Jackson died in 2005 at
the age of 83. –read
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