NASA Names Headquarters After 'Hidden Figure' Mary W. Jackson

NASA Names Headquarters After 'Hidden Figure' Mary W.

Jackson NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that NASA's Washington D.C.

Headquarters will be named after the agency's first African American female engineer.

Jim Bridenstine, NASA, via NASA.gov Jim Bridenstine, NASA, via NASA.gov Her story was recently given attention with the book and subsequent film, 'Hidden Figures.'

Jim Bridenstine, NASA, via NASA.gov Jim Bridenstine, NASA, via NASA.gov Carolyn Lewis, Jackson's daughter, responded to NASA's announcement.

Carolyn Lewis, via NASA.gov