WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) poses with Dr. Christon Darden to accept a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of Christine Darden during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to family members of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, as well as a medal to all the "women mathematicians, engineers, and 'human computers' in the U.S space program from the 1930s to the 1970s," often referred to as the "hidden figures" of the space race. Also pictured, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (2nd-R) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) (R). (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)