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Mary W. Jackson: NASA's First Female African American Engineer

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On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Electrical Engineer and NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham

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At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Portrait of a Nebula

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This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield). (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Shows Us the Future

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Sometime in the far distant future, about 4 billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as illustrated in this artist rendition. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
March 18, 1978: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives for Vibration Testing

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On March 18, 1978, space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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