Moon & Planet Venus Conjunction: NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The Moon and planet Venus are seen in conjunction, Monday, May 18, 2026, from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington, District of Columbia. In astronomy, a conjunction refers to an event where two or more celestial bodies appear to meet or pass each other in the sky. A conjunction is an apparent phenomenon caused by an observer's perspective. However, the two objects involved are not actually close to one another in space.
Mary Jackson (born Winston; April 9, 1921–February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) that in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. "Human computers," were responsible for complex mathematical calculations and data processing. In 1958, after taking engineering classes, she became NASA's first black female engineer. African-American women computers played a vital role in advancing NASA projects, including the first American astronaut to orbit Earth in 1962.
Mary Winston Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become a professional aerospace engineer and leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future generations.
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Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: May 18, 2026
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