House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA ...

Four women overcame challenges on Earth, to get humanity to space. They were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on ...

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her ...

The event will stream live on speaker Johnson’s YouTube channel. Award recipients include Katherine Johnson for her service ...

Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their contributions to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on ...

They and other African American NASA mathematicians helped shape the early developments of the age of space exploration.

Also being recognized at the U.S. Capitol was Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, all Black women whose ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington D.C. on ...

In addition, Dr. Christine Darden, a trailblazing aeronautical engineer, will be honored during the ceremony, as well as “all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at ...