. @verified @twitter The first Black woman to earn a PhD in aerospace engineering. Her name is Dr. @wendy_okolo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo https://www.nasa.gov/careers/diversity/wendyokolo
Wendy A. Okolo, Ph.D., Aerospace Research Engineer

Wendy A. Okolo, Ph.D., Aerospace Research Engineer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Okolo
. @verified @twitter @DrSianProctor is a Mars geologist, space chef, high profile TV science show guest, analog astronaut. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor https://rocket-women.com/2020/07/meet-a-rocket-woman-dr-sian-proctor-geoscientist-analogue-astronaut-science-communicator/
Meet A Rocket Woman: Dr. Sian Proctor, Geoscientist, Analogue Astronaut & Science Communicator -...

Dr Sian Proctor is an American explorer, an analogue astronaut, a Geoscientist and a science communicator. Dr. Proctor is a Geology, Sustainability and Planetary Science professor at South Mountain...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor
. @verified @twitter @Laur_Ly is a @SpaceX aerospace engineer, founder, writer, speaker, rocket launch correspondent and @Harvard instructor https://www.huffpost.com/author/lauren-lyons https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/business/live-news/spacex-launch-today-may-30/index.html
. @verified @twitter @SeeSydSoar Sydney Hamilton is a @Boeing Aerospace Engineer, speaker, science communicator, has her own statue! Hhttps://www.boeing.com/features/2018/06/engineer-sydney-hamilton-06-18.page https://news.engin.umich.edu/2020/02/sydney-hamilton-bsae-13-to-be-honored-with-statue/
Sydney Hamilton (BSAE ‘13) to be Honored with Statue | Michigan Engineering

University of Michigan graduate Sydney Hamilton (BSAE ‘13) has been selected to be made into a life-size, 3-D printed statue as part of the “IfThenSheCan” exhibit at the Dallas NorthPark Center.

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2020/02/sydney-hamilton-bsae-13-to-be-honored-with-statue/
. @verified @twitter Dr. Camille Alleyne ( @camillelisa) is a NASA Aerospace Engineer from the beautiful country of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹, international speaker, writer, HBCU grad, founder. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Wardrop_Alleyne https://m.akipress.com/news:621778:NASA_engineer_and_space_scientist_Camille_Wardrop_Alleyne_visits_Kyrgyzstan/
. @verified @Twitter Dr. Rhonda Lyons @DrRoni_Lyons is an aerospace engineer, Space Company CEO/Founder ( @NYRAD_Space), philanthropist, TEDx speaker, STEAM advocate. https://commons.erau.edu/wiser-bios/7/ 
Rhonda Lyons

Rhonda Lyons, MBA, Ph.D. C, is the Founder & CEO of NYRAD® Incorporated, an innovative Aerospace and Defense engineering company which specializes in offering customized affordable engineering...

https://commons.erau.edu/wiser-bios/7/
There are more amazing Black women in aerospace to be featured. Not all wish to be verified so I’ll either make a separate thread or omit the verified/twitter tags.
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