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 ...

They’re the inspiration for the award winning film, Hidden Figures. Dr. Christine Darden was a renowned aerospace engineer ...

In the first installment of her column "Hidden Gems from a Black Girl Engineering Major," Cayla Withers writes about the ...

Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", the film follows these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's ...

has had a NASA centre dedicated to her. Read more: “Women are powerful in numbers”: Taraji P Henson on why togetherness is key right now Until the release of hit film Hidden Figures earlier ...

NASA's news comes amid calls for greater racial equality in the United States. Black History’s Hidden Figures That Inspired Today’s Innovators Five groundbreaking black innovators you should ...

In 1962, after the explosion of a rocket that was designed to compete with Soviet advances, NASA scientists and engineers worked fast.

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the ...

Anticipating the movie “Hidden Figures,” I arrived to find nearly all seats were sold out Saturday night. I had not read the biography and I made a point to refrain from reading movie reviews or ...

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the ...