Female NASA employees, hired to perform mathematics calculations and known as "human computers", including Dorothy Vaughan, Leslie Hunter, and Vivian...
President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Science to Sylvester James Gates, Jr. In a ceremony at the White House on February 1, 2013 in...
Space scientist, and mathematician Katherine Johnson poses for a portrait at her desk with an adding machine and a 'Celestial Training device' at...
Engraved portrait shows American inventor, engineer, and electrician Granville T. Woods , late 1800s.
More than three decades after Carl Sagan's groundbreaking and iconic series, "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," it's time once again to set sail for the...
Mathmatician Mary Jackson, the first black woman engineer at NASA poses for a photo at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1977 in Hampton,...
Botanist George Washington Carver donated $33,000 in cash to the Tuskegee Institute to establish a fund to carry on the agricultural and chemical...
Dr Guion S Bluford Jnr, a mission specialist on STS-8, the third flight of the Orbiter Challenger checks out the sample pump on the continuous flow...
Portrait of female African-American computer scientist, mathematician, and space scientist Annie Easley, 1950. Image courtesy NASA. .
Illustrated portrait of American author, astronomer, and farmer Benjamin Banneker , mid to late 18th century.
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, stands with President Barack Obama before receiving the National Medal of Science, during...
Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson addresses the media after the astronauts for NASA's next Space Shuttle Mission, STS-121, arrived at the shuttle...
Portrait of American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones , as he poses with model of a refrigerated railroad car inventor, 1951. His designed for...
American inventor Marjorie Stewart Joyner speaks with an unidentified woman at an unidentified, outdoor event, late 1960s. Joyner was one of the...
Portrait of American businesswoman, philanthropist, and activist Madam CJ Walker , 1913. She is widely considered the first female, self-made...
President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to George Carruthers in a ceremony at the White House on February 1,...