Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians who were trailblazers of their time, known as NASA’s “Hidden Figures,” were honored with the awarding of Congressional Gold Medals on Sept.

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The honorees were recognized with the nation's highest civilian honor and include three women who became known as NASA's "Hidden Figures"-- NASA's first black female engineer Mary Jackson and ...

The hidden figures of the space race have been recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony. The Congressional ...

Among them were three trailblazers being honored posthumously — Katherine ... on the moon and inspired the book and movie “Hidden Figures.” NASA said of the Academy Award-winning 2016 ...

“The pioneers we honor today, these Hidden Figures — their courage and imagination brought us to the Moon. And their lessons, their legacy, will send us back to the Moon,” NASA Administrator ...

will be honored during the ceremony, as well as “all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA between the 1930s and ...