Mary Jackson

Events

Mary Jackson’s birthday

April 9th, 1921

She graduated from George P. Phenix Training School with high honors

1937

She earned her education at Hampton Institute in math and physical science

1942

Was hired by NASA

April 1951

She was offered to move from the west wing to work with an engineer on Project Mercury

1953

Mary Jackson became NASA’s first African American female engineer

1958

Project Mercury launched

May 5th, 1961

She helped a science club create a wind tunnel that was similar to the one she worked on during her time in Project Mercury

1970 - 1979

Mary Jackson died

February 11th, 2005

The movie Hidden Figures came out featuring Mary Jackson and two other women who were known to work in NASA and/or on Project Mercury

December 25th, 2016