Vaughan went on to become NASAs first Black supervisor and Jackson is counted as NASAs first Black female engineer.
Their families attended the Capitol Hill ceremony to accept the awards on their behalf.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered opening remarks during the ceremony.
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“These women dared to step into the fields where they had previously been unwelcomed.
They excelled in science and math and made groundbreaking contributions in aeronautics.
But these women didn’t just crunch numbers and solve equations for the space program,” Johnson said.
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