2024年6月28日 · Mary W. Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958 and a leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations.

Mary Jackson (née Winston; [1] April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career.

2016年12月6日 · Mathematician Mary Jackson was one of a small group of African American women who worked as aeronautical engineers, called "human computers," at NASA during the Space Age.

2025年2月7日 · Mary Jackson (born April 9, 1921, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 11, 2005, Hampton) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer who in 1958 became the first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

2020年6月24日 · NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA.

2023年10月2日 · Mary Jackson is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of aerospace engineering. As the first Black female engineer at NASA, she overcame numerous obstacles and made significant contributions to the space agency’s mission.

2017年1月7日 · Mary Winston Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which would later become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Jackson was born on April 9, 1921, in Hampton, Virginia, to Ella and Frank Winston.

2020年6月25日 · Mary Jackson made history as the first Black woman aerospace engineer at NASA in 1958. This was no small feat given that the space agency was still a segregated institute in the 1950s.

2025年3月7日 · Mary Jackson, a mathematician and aeronautical engineer, stands as a monumental figure in American aerospace history. Born on April 9, 1921, in Hampton, Virginia, she broke through the...

April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005. Mary Winston Jackson was the first African-American female engineer at NASA. Part of her inspiring life was documented in the book and movie, Hidden Figures. Jackson was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia where she excelled in school and graduated with honors.