"Hidden Figures" Scientists Posthumously Honored With Congressional Gold Medal

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) poses with Katherine Noble Moore (2nd-L) to accept a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of Katherine Johnson during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to family members of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, as well as a medal to all the "women mathematicians, engineers, and 'human computers' in the U.S space program from the 1930s to the 1970s," often referred to as the "hidden figures" of the space race. Also pictured from center right, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)