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WASHINGTON , DC -- As part of its celebration of Black History Month, NASA will honor retired Air Force Col.  Charles McGee  at a ceremony  Wednesday, Feb. 5 , in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E Street SW in  Washington . The event, sponsored by the NASA Headquarters chapter of Blacks in Government, will begin at  11:30 a.m. EST  and will air live on NASA TV and the agency's  website . McGee, who served as a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II – known at the time as the "Red Tails" – was a career officer in the Air Force and also served during the Korean and  Vietnam  wars, having flown 409 combat missions during his 30 years of service. Of the 355 Tuskegee pilots who flew in combat, McGee is one of only nine surviving. McGee is scheduled to receive an honorary promotion to the rank of brigadier general, as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20...

Margot Lee, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughn are names you may not be familiar with yet, but will be soon.  They were a trio of  black women working at NASA who coded for the space program in the 1960's, a team whose history-making skills  helped  the first American astronaut, John Glenn orbit the moon.  Oscar winner Taraji P. Henson (Johnson) is joined by fellow Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (Vaughn) and singer, Janelle Monet (Lee) in leading roles. Enduring race and gender politics during the Civil Rights Era, this team  of women inspired others to believe intelligence has no bounds. On January 13, 2017, the untold story of  "Hidden Figures" will take audiences out of this world in a major motion picture release.   Buzz and excitement has already begun building since the trailer aired during the Olympics. Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali, and Aldis Hodge round out the cast of the Theodore Melf d...