Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years before joining full-time, freelancing since 2012. Elizabeth's reporting includes an exclusive with Office of the Vice-President of the United States, speaking several times with the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, 'Why Am I Taller?', is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University and (soon) a Bachelor of History from Athabasca University. Elizabeth is also a post-secondary instructor in communications and science since 2015. Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday. Mastodon: https://qoto.org/@howellspace
The announcement was made during Black History Month, which runs for the month of February. The naming also serves as a crucial reminder of the"
," or Black female mathematicians and engineers, who played key background roles at NASA for decades before being publicized in a bestselling book that were both released in 2016.near Baltimore. Segregation and discrimination against African-Americans were prevalent at this time, following centuries of enslavement, lynchings and institutional prejudice. It was only in 1954 that the Supreme Court ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional in Brown v.
Many Black individuals worked in the background amid this difficult environment, and NASA has been working to highlight their contributions in the past decade as the Black community still faces numerous institutional and societal barriers today. One of NASA's biggest nods came with naming the agency's headquarters after Black mathematician
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