The women who helped NASA launch the space race were honored in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony today. Called the "Hidden Figures," they played a pivotal role from the 1930's to the 1970's ...

Four historic “hidden figures” from NASA Langley Research Center will receive Congressional Gold Medals for their pioneering work during the space race and beyond.

NASA women who inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ among those honored by Congress This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

NASA's "Hidden Figures" awarded Congressional Gold Medals The four Black women, whose pioneering work put Americans on the Moon, were honored with the body's highest honor ...

The efforts of the women at NASA inspired a book and movie titled, “Hidden Figures.” Mike Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, says these women played a large role in an ...

Among them were three trailblazers being honored posthumously — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Wanda Jackson — whose work on the Apollo space program helped land the first humans on the moon ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.

Family members of the "Hidden Figures" accept a medal from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring NASA's Hidden Figures in Emancipation Hall in ...