NASA's "Hidden Figures" awarded Congressional Gold Medal 00:37. Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored ...

NASA's "Hidden Figures" awarded Congressional Gold Medals The four Black women, whose pioneering work put Americans on the Moon, were honored with the body's highest honor. By Griffin Eckstein.

House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA that contributed to the space race.

Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

NASA women who inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ among those honored by Congress This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

NASA women who inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ among those honored by Congress This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

NASA women who inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ among those honored by Congress This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

NASA women who inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ among those honored by Congress This 1977 photo made available by NASA shows engineer Mary W. Jackson at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

(Gray News) - House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday honoring the pioneering women of NASA that contributed to the space race. Among them were three ...

Among them were three trailblazers being honored posthumously — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Wanda Jackson — whose work on the Apollo space program helped land the first humans on the moon ...