The Congressional Gold Medals honored Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson for their unprecedented contributions as Black women in NASA's space race efforts.
House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Frank D. Lucas remarked on the significance of honoring the hidden figures of the space race, lamenting the absence of Katherine Johnson during the ceremony.
The awards, enacted in 2019, highlight the long-overdue recognition of these women, who gained public attention through Margot Lee Shetterly's biography and the subsequent film adaptation.
Andrea Mosie accepted a medal on behalf of all women who served as mathematicians and engineers at NASA, emphasizing their collective achievements from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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