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Women at NASA

Women at NASA are making history at every day. Celebrate our past and look to our future as we continue to drive innovation and push the envelope.

The Women of NASA | National Women's History Museum

Women have been an integral part of NACA/NASA operations since 1922. They have played important roles as mathematicians, computers, ...

Women of NASA - National Geographic Education

Mary Jackson at NASA. In NASA's early days, African-American women computers played a vital role in advancing its missions. In 1962, they helped send the first ...

From Hidden to Modern Figures - NASA

Biographies · Katherine G. Johnson · Mary W. Jackson · Dorothy Vaughan · Christine Darden.

Women in NASA - Wikipedia

Major events · 1959: Brigadier General Don Flickinger, a member of the NASA Special Advisory Committee on Life Sciences, along with Dr. · 1960: Dr. · 1961: ...

15 Game-Changing Women of NASA - Google Arts & Culture

Not only have they achieved (quite literally) out-of-this-world feats of science, engineering, and mathematics, they've done so in an industry typically ...

Women's History Month - NASA

Learn about women at NASA making a mark in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Celebrate their accomplishments with these printable worksheets.

The Women of NASA - Google Arts & Culture

Vera Huckel started work at the NACA in 1939.At the time, very few women worked as computers. By 1945 she was a section head in charge of up to 17 women.

The Women Who Brought Us the Moon | American Experience - PBS

Sue Finley, who started in 1958, before NASA's formation, is still working for the space agency today. At age 83 and with a career spanning six ...

NASA Interns Share the Women Who Inspire Them

NASA needs women of different skill sets, perspectives, and experiences on its mission to explore the cosmos and answer the ever-evolving questions about the ...

NASA's Real 'Hidden Figures' - Space.com

"Hidden Figures" focuses on three computers: Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan. Here are brief biographies of these women.

Pioneers to New Frontiers: NASA Women Through the Decades

Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with us as we pay tribute to scientists, engineers, astronauts, and leaders who continue to pave the way for ...

Women's History Month 2023: Celebrating Women Astronauts - NASA

During her eight-day privately funded Juno mission in May 1991, Sharman conducted a series of life sciences experiments and talked to British ...

Black Women Mathematicians in Aeronautics and the Space Race

African American women played a critical role in the Space Race and rose to new heights as mathematicians, computer programmers, team project leads, and ...

Tag: NASA Women: Historical

Pearl I. Young (1895-1968) became the first woman hired as a technical employee, a physicist, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Hidden Figures (2016) - IMDb

This is the story of the brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served ... Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in ...

Women@NASA (@WomenNASA) / X

Sharing the perspectives, stories, & accomplishments of the incredible women who are making history at NASA every day.

NASA's Women of Artemis - YouTube

NASA has a rich history of women pioneers. In 1922, Pearl Young became the first woman physicist hired by the National Advisory Committee ...

Women in STEM Careers - NASA

NASA is committed to recruiting and retaining women in STEM to help the agency continue to push boundaries to achieve the impossible.

NASA Trailblazers Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary ...

This week we are shining light on Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three women who played a vital role in advancing NASA's missions. These ...