Women's History MonthFrom left to right, acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot; "Hidden Figures" author Margot Lee Shetterly; “Hidden Figures” filmmaker Ted Melfi;...Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Alabama...TDM 'Bridge Builder': Gina AndersonNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson collects Fundoscope images of the back of the eye during a routine check into astronaut eyesight.In the Press Site auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the media participate in a news...NASA Administrator Bolden presents an award to Katherine Johnson, the African American mathematician, physicist, and space scientist, who calculated flight...Actress Octavia Spencer, left, who plays Dorothy Vaughan in the film "Hidden Figures" and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, greet...Computers attending lecture by Margot Shetterly in 2014: Several women who began their careers in NASA Langley's computer pool were...Photographs from Dorothy Vaughan's retirement party. Vaughan retired from NASA in 1971. Dorothy Vaughan began her career at the Langley...Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education...Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education...Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), these seven women who once aspired...Photograph of 4X4 Supersonic Pressure Tunnel staff taken in 1950s, with 'human computers' in the front row: L. Doris Barron;...NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1980.Woman working at manometer boards in the 18 x 18 inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel at Lewis Field (now the main...Melba Roy headed the group of NASA mathematicians, known as "computers," who tracked the Echo satellites. Roy's computations helped produce...Langley actively recruited woman workers to meet the increasing demand of the war effort and offset the alarming loss of...Langley actively recruited woman workers to meet the increasing demand of the war effort and offset the alarming loss of...Before the development of electronic computers, the term “computer” referred to women, not machines. It was a job title, designating...Astronauts Peggy A. Whitson (left), Expedition Five flight engineer; Sandra H. Magnus, STS-112 mission specialist, and Pamela A. Melroy, STS-112...NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is pictured inside of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft while conducting routine spacesuit checks. The Expedition 49...NASA Astronaut Peggy WhitsonNASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman speaks on a panel on Interplanetary Frontiers at the White House Frontiers Conference Thursday, October...NASA astronaut Kate Rubins checks a sample for air bubbles prior to loading it in the biomolecule sequencer. When Rubins’...Astronaut Kate Rubins Holds a Reference GuideNASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center. Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in...Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right) of NASA outfit spacesuits inside of the Quest airlock...The Juno team celebrates after receiving confirmation from the spacecraft that it had successfully completed the engine burn and entered...Kate Rubins of NASA conducts a “fit check” familiarization aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft.Expedition 48-49 prime crew members Takuya Onishi, Kate Rubins and Anatoly IvanishinAstronauts Kate Rubins and Peggy WhitsonEngaging Women and Girls in STEM through Data Science EventThis week in 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With the launch,...Commercial Crew Program astronaut Suni Williams works with the Starliner Part Task TrainerOn April 8, 2010, STS-131 mission specialists Stephanie Wilson of NASA, Naoko Yamazaki of JAXA, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger of NASA, and...NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical...On Sept. 12, 1992, launch day of the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on space shuttle Endeavour, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison waits...In this Feb. 3, 1995, image taken onboard space shuttle Discovery on flight day one of the STS-63 mission, astronaut...Expedition 46-47 Backup Crew Member Kate Rubins of NASAExpedition 46/47 backup crew members Anatoly Ivanishin, Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi
