NASA’s Headquarters building has now been named after Mary Jackson. On Wednesday June 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black American female engineer at NASA.. Jackson started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

NASA is renaming its Washington DC headquarters in honor of the first black female engineer to work at the American space agency - the 'Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building.'. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the building’s name will be coined the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters. “Today, we proudly announce […] Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of NASA, said the agency would continue to honor those whose histories have long been overlooked. Mary Winston Jackson (1921–2005) successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations. NASA executive Jim Bridenstine announced this week that the organization would be naming its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, one of the women whose historic contributions to NASA … NASA announced on Wednesday that it would name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after Mary Jackson, the organization’s first black female engineer and a pivotal player in helping U.S. astronauts reach space. Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia.

NASA Langley Research Center’s …