Four pioneering Black women received Congressional Gold Medals for their contributions to early efforts at space exploration during a formal ceremony at Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday.

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.

Congressional leaders on Tuesday posthumously gave their highest honor to the 13 U.S. service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago. The Congressional Gold