NASA "Hidden Figures" — Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden — were each awarded Congressional Gold Medals for their service to the space program at the U.S ...

Press Release Real People Behind Hidden Figures, Stars Join NASA to Mark Anniversary, Celebration of Diversity by SpaceRef November 22, 2016 ...

The Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, introduced in 2019, allowed Congress to honor these women, whose calculations and innovations were crucial to NASA’s success.

The late Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who first introduced the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act in February 2019, thanked her colleagues on Oct. 17, 2019, after the bill was passed ...

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

Four Black women who worked as scientists and mathematicians at NASA during the Space Race , known colloquially as “Hidden Figures,” were awarded Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday for ...