Women working in STEM at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pose for a photo in mission control in honor of Women in Science Day.

In honor of the first-ever International Day of Women and Girls in Science -- designated by the United Nations to take place each February 11 -- more than 150 women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory posed for a photo in mission control.

To read some of their stories as well as those of JPL interns and fellows "daring mighty things," visit: 

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