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Hidden Figures - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
In a brief scene, a woman is seen hand-painting the logo on John Glenn's Friendship 7 capsule.
This is a tribute to the real-life spacecraft logo artist, Cece Bibby, the first and only woman to ascend the gantry to the "white room" on the launch pad. The actress playing Bibby is Cyndy Powell, the mother of Glen Powell, who plays John Glenn.
The wind tunnel where Mary Jackson gets her heel stuck is a real, period-correct location.
The scene was filmed at a Lockheed Martin facility in Georgia that had a wind tunnel from the 1960s that was about to be renovated. This allowed the film to use an authentic piece of aeronautical history as a set.
In the background of a lobby scene at Langley, two paintings of airplanes are visible.
These were actual paintings that hung in the headquarters building at the real Langley Research Center, adding a layer of authenticity to the set design.
The final shot of the film shows Katherine Johnson's desk adorned with a small globe.
This is a recreation of a real photograph of Katherine Johnson at her desk at NASA, which showed her with a similar globe and a mechanical calculating machine.