On the home page on Google.com in the United States is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Mary G. Ross. Mary Ross was the first Native American female engineer. She was most well known for her work on interplanetary space travel, manned and unmanned earth-orbiting flights, and orbiting satellites.

Today would be her 110th birthday and to celebrate her life and contributions, Google has a special Google Doodle for her. It showcases her designs that helped lead to interplanetary space travel. She has a huge set of awards including Silicon Valley Engineering Council’s Hall of Fame, 1992, Fellow and life member of the Society of Women Engineers, and others. She worked for Lockheed Corporation, in 1942 and joined their Advanced Development Program named Skunk Works in 1952. She was born on August 9, 1908 in Park Hill, Oklahoma and passed at the age of 99 on April 29, 2008 in Los Altos, CA.

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