The four women were dubbed 'human computers' for doing the complex calculations that made space travel possible.
The four Black women known as “Hidden Figures” who worked at NASA during the Space Race are being honored with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest civilian award in the United States. According to a Congressional Gold Medal report, this honor is given to those who have performed “an achievement that has had an impact on American history and culture that is likely to be recognized in the recipient’s field for years to come.
Darden, who’s now 77 years old, started off as a data analyst at NASA's Langley Research Center before she became an aerospace engineer. She wrote over 50 articles on aeronautics design and became the first Black person of any gender to be promoted into the Senior Executive Service at Langley. Her work led to discoveries that"revolutionized aerodynamics design,” CNN reports.
Vaughan, an expert computer programmer, led the segregated West Area Computing unit for nine years as the first Black supervisor at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics , which later became NASA. She then became an expert programmer in Fortran as part of NASA’s Analysis and Computation Division. Vaughan passed away in 2008.
"The groundbreaking accomplishments of these four women, and all of the women who contributed to the success of NASA, helped us win the space race but remained in the dark far too long," Democratic Senator and Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, one of the people who introduced the bi-partisan bill, said in a press release. “These pioneers remain a beacon for Black women across the country, both young and old.
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