{"id":168635,"date":"2019-12-10T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-456516"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:29:21","slug":"hidden-figures-honored-at-u-s-capitol-for-congressional-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/langley\/hidden-figures-honored-at-u-s-capitol-for-congressional-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 Honored at U.S. Capitol for Congressional Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">2 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">\u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 Honored at U.S. Capitol for Congressional Gold Medal<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"etired NASA aerospace engineer Dr. Christine Darden discusses STEM education with a group of female high schools student during a ceremony to honor the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3763.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Retired NASA aerospace engineer Dr. Christine Darden discusses STEM education with a group of female high schools student during a ceremony to honor the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s always been a unifying force even during our country\u2019s most turbulent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, President Donald J. Trump signed the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act. The legislation awards four female African-American NASA mathematicians, engineers and researchers, highlighted in the 2016 book and movie \u201cHidden Figures,\u201d with congressional gold medals. The highest civilian award will be given to Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Dr. Christine Darden, individually. The women worked at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia in the late 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fifth medal will honor thousands of other female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/when-the-computer-wore-a-skirt-langley-s-computers-1935-1970\">\u2018human computers\u2019<\/a> who went unrecognized, despite their significant contributions to the U.S. space program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is big and bipartisan and celebratory and exactly the kinds of things we can do,\u201d said Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who helped introduced the cross-party legislation. \u201cIt\u2019s more than a recognition, it\u2019s also a powerful encouragement to try and be that society that nourishes and grows the talents of all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A reception to celebrate the congressional gold medal winners took place on Monday, Dec. 9, and included keynote remarks from Darden, a retired NASA aerospace engineer, and NASA deputy director Melanie Saunders. The pair, along with \u201cHidden Figures\u201d author Margot Lee Shetterly, joined elected officials and local high school science, technology, engineering and mathematics students to reflect on the significant contributions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/modernfigures\">NASA\u2019s \u2018Hidden Figures.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce you take the first step, anything is possible,\u201d Shetterly said during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency took the first steps with the Apollo program 50 years ago and plans to use what was learned then to explore further with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\">the Artemis program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artemis will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024 and pave the way for the next giant leap \u2013 sending astronauts to Mars. The program hopes to once again unite our country and the world, as NASA researchers, scientists, and engineers create innovative new technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. This will require collaboration with commercial and international partners to achieve the goal of sustainable exploration by 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would to see us have the capability of routine flight in space almost like we do airplanes today on Earth,\u201d Darden explained when asked what excites her the most about Artemis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More About the History of NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/katherine-johnson\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Katherine Johnson: A NASA Trailblazer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1213\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/katherine_johnson_john_glenn_0.png?w=1213\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Last month, President Donald J. Trump signed the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act. The legislation awards four female African-American NASA mathematicians, engineers and researchers, highlighted in the 2016 book and movie \u201cHidden Figures,\u201d with congressional gold medals. 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