The very first moon landing, Apollo 11 in 1969 was a success in large part to a trailblazing mathematician named Melba Roy Mouton. Thursday, NASA announced a moon mountain will be named in her honor.

Mons Mouton, a mountain near the moon's south pole, has been officially named after Melba Roy Mouton, a pioneering NASA computer programmer and mathematician in the 1960s and '70s.

This unique feature will now be referred to as “Mons Mouton,” after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton. Mouton was born in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1929.

(CNN) - A mountain on the moon now has a name that celebrates Black History Month in a special way. Scientists named a lunar mountain near the satellite’s South Pole Mons Mouton. Mons was selected ...

This unique feature will now be referred to as “Mons Mouton,” after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton. Mouton was born in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1929.

Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of color at the space agency.

Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of color at the space agency.

Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of color at the space agency.

Mouton is considered a pioneer both for her abilities and for blazing a trail for women of color at the space agency.

(CNN) - A mountain on the moon now has a name that celebrates Black History Month in a special way. Scientists named a lunar mountain near the satellite’s South Pole Mons Mouton. Mons was selected ...

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