Mrs. Annie Easley
Mrs. Annie Easley was a computer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor to NASA.
Dr. Ronald McNair
Dr. Ronald McNair was an American astronaut who was the second Black astronaut to reach space in 1984.
Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr. Mae Jemison is the first Black woman in space.
Mrs. Melba Roy Mouton
Mrs. Melba Roy Mouton led the mathematicians (known as “computers”) who tracked NASA Echo Satellites.
Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan was the first Black supervisor (leading the all-Black, segregated West Area Computing Unit) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor to NASA.
Harriett G. Jenkins
Mrs. Harriett G. Jenkins served as the assistant administrator for equal opportunity programs at NASA.