NASA's headquarters in Washington will be renamed after its first African-American engineer, Mary Jackson, the administrator of the American space agency, Jim Bridenstine, announced on Wednesday. "Mary W. Jackson was one of a very large group of women who helped NASA successfully send American astronauts into space," he said.
Nasa headquarters takes the name of its first African-American engineer, Mary Jackson https://t.co/92jEZZ6aX0 @NASA #em
- lousa_18 (@ lousa_18) June 25, 2020In 1958, this woman became the first black aeronautical engineer for the space agency. She is the author of numerous studies, notably on supersonic flights. The boss of the space agency has pledged to continue to recognize the efforts of women, African-Americans and people from all walks of life "which have enabled NASA to write a history of successful explorations".
NASA questions itself
Faced with pressure from the street and social networks, in the context of historical demonstrations, American companies and institutions have plunged into vast introspection. The place given to the African-American population in society and the systemic racism which strikes them and perpetuates inequalities is thus questioned.
Last year, NASA had already renamed the street serving its seat "Hidden Figures Way" in honor of three black mathematicians (Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan) whose work , documented in the movie Shadow Figures , has proven invaluable in the American space conquest.
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