390K views · 15K reactions | Our headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African-American female engineer at NASA. She started in NASA Aeronautics research and later moved into the personnel field, working to ensure equal opportunity in hiring and promotion: https://go.nasa.gov/2Z9vHvt | 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