The story of Mary Jackson was told in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. Born in Hampton, Virginia, she died in 2005. Last year, Nasa renamed the street outside its headquarters as Hidden Figures Way.

Although they may never completely shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have a medal to prove it.

The street outside Nasa's headquarters has been named "Hidden Figures Way", in honour of ... Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. They made significant contributions to space flight in the 1960s.

NASA on Friday is named its Washington headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film "Hidden Figures."… ...

NASA will rename its headquarters building in Washington after Mary W ... Trump signed the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, which posthumously honoured Jackson. It also honored ...

Dorothy Vaughan and Wanda Jackson — whose work on the Apollo space program helped land the first humans on the moon and inspired the book and movie “Hidden Figures.” NASA said of the Academy ...

"Today, we proudly announce the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Wednesday. "It appropriately sits on 'Hidden Figures Way,' a reminder that ...