'Hidden Figures' of NASA awarded Congressional Gold Medals : NPR
WEB23 hours ago · Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded the distinction along with other women for their contributions to developing the U.S. space program during the ...
NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for ...
WEB23 hours ago · A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, the highest award given to citizens by Congress, for their contributions to space exploration.. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Christine Darden were awarded the distinction along with other women for their contributions to ...
'Hidden Figures' of space race receive Congressional Gold Medal
WEB19 hours ago · The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Darden watched the ceremony from her ...
'Hidden Figures' of the space race receive Congress' highest honor …
WEB1 day ago · 9 of 14 | . House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, stands with Dr. Christon Darden, left, to present a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of her grandmother Christine Darden as they honor the Black women mathematicians of NASA who contributed to the space race and who were the subject of the book and movie “Hidden Figures,” at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
NASA's 'Hidden Figures' women awarded Congressional Gold …
WEB2 days ago · 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 ...
Black Women Mathematicians Receive Congressional Medals for …
WEB1 day ago · Only Darden is still living. The 82-year-old watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home. FILE - NASA engineer Christine Darden, attends a Senate subcommittee panel in Washington, on Tuesday ...
NASA 'Hidden Figures' women to receive Congressional Gold …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Dr. Christine Darden was the first Black woman at NASA to get promoted to a senior executive position.
The NASA Engineer Who’s a Mathematician at Heart
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Christine Darden worked at NASA for 40 years, helping make supersonic planes quieter and forging a path for women to follow in her footsteps.
Pioneering NASA engineer Darden shares her journey
WEBNov 22, 2019 · In the late 1960s, Christine Darden was one of many women working as “human computers” at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Male engineers assigned her team to perform calculations that enabled the Apollo spaceflight missions to take humans to the moon and return them safely to Earth.
Standing on the Shoulders of a Computer - NASA
WEBMar 29, 2013 · Christine Darden’s 40-year career at NASA led her to become one of the world’s experts on sonic boom prediction, sonic boom minimization and supersonic wing design. NASA. For her final two years of high school, Darden attended Allen High School, a Methodist boarding school in Asheville, N.C.