Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Sign Installation

Diana Trujillo came to the U.S. with only $300 and worked housekeeping jobs to pay for school. Now she's a flight director for NASA's Mars Perseverance.

NASA is no stranger to planting Easter Eggs on Mars: Perseverance's parachute encoded a binary message; InSight had a secret braille signature; Curiosity's tires left morse code tracks; and Spirit and Opportunity both carried relics from the World Trade Center.

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