Women leaders in science, technology, engineering and math from around the world are taking part this week in the U.S. State ...

This article highlights several inspiring men and women working across academia and industry who are breaking barriers and ...

Related NOAA: Antarctic ozone hole has shrunk, full recovery predicted NASA identifies 9 possible ... Mary Jackson and Christine Darden, who also faced racism and sexism in their work, received ...

Hosted at Emancipation Hall in Washington, D.C., the event celebrated the legacies of NASA’s “Hidden Figures” Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden. Invited by ...

After graduating from GW decades ago, Christine Darden returned Tuesday evening to discuss the movie “Hidden Figures” – a film she was one of the inspirations behind. The 75-year-old, who graduated in ...

This short trivia quiz tests your knowledge of fiction and nonfiction works that were made into popular films about space exploration and the quest to connect with other worlds.

African American women who made up NASA’s “computer pool” in the earliest days of the space race against the Soviet Union -- initially working in segregated conditions -- were honored with ...