Meet Janelle Monae…she plays the real life NASA Engineer Mary Jackson in the upcoming film Hidden Figures. This movie highlights three African American women who contributed to America winning the space race in the 1960s. Watch: https://youtu.be/hgEUMzTCaZA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

35K views · 1.6K reactions | 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 | Facebook

109K views · 5.3K reactions | "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 | Facebook

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