Today, we remember NASA trailblazer Mary W. Jackson on what would be her 100th birthday! 🎈 In February, NASA Headquarters was named in honor of Jackson and the legacy she left behind. In 1951, Jackson was hired to work in Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory’s segregated West Area Computing section. After two years in the computing pool, Mary Jackson received an offer to work for engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki in the 4X4 Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, a 60,000 horsepower wind tunnel capable of b

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