Katherine Johnson, and Dr. Christine Darden were portrayed in the 2016 book by Margot Shetterly, entitled Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space and subsequent movie adaptation. (8) The stories of these four women exemplify the experiences of hundreds of women who worked as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at NACA dating back to the 1930s. (9) The women computers, mathematicians, and engineers of NACA and NASA were well regarded for their skill and received praise for performing calculations more rapidly and accurately than male engineers could. (10) Their handmade calculations played an integral role in aircraft testing during World War II, supersonic flight research, sending the Voyager probes to explore the solar system, and the United States landing the first man on the lunar surface. 4. Congressional Gold Medal (a) Presentation authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of five gold medals of appropriate design as follows: (1) One gold medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician. (2) One gold medal to Dr. Christine Darden, in recognition of her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer. (3) In recognition of their service to the United States during the Space Race, two gold medals to commemorate the lives of— (A) Dorothy Vaughan