Engineer, mentor, friend. Today we celebrate Mary W. Jackson on what would have been her 100th birthday. NASA’s first Black female engineer, Jackson continues to inspire the next generation of trailblazers: https://youtu.be/Xh2IU9EWwFw | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

"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